From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 12 05:25:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA29129 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 05:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gw.pu.ru (gw.pu.ru [193.124.85.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA28891 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 05:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from VexedVox.stud.pu.ru (root@localhost) by gw.pu.ru (8.6.10/8.6.6) with UUCP id QAA12069 for freebsd.org!hackers; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 16:20:55 +0400 Organization: SPb State University Received: (from root@localhost) by localhost (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA00331; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:58:24 +0400 From: Alexey Pialkin Message-Id: <199604121158.PAA00331@localhost> Subject: Re: DOS emulator; Silly questions ... To: lambert.org!terry@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru (Terry Lambert) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:58:23 +0000 (WET DST) Cc: root@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, FreeBSD.ORG!sos@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, atrad.adelaide.edu.au!msmith@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, riogrande.cs.tcu.edu!tam@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, FreeBSD.ORG!hackers@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru In-Reply-To: <199604112022.NAA04681@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 11, 96 01:22:53 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL20] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > For what else you are going to use VM86 ? The main & sole purpose of it is > > 8086 emulation => DOS emulation. > > The main purpose of VM86() in my book is BIOS driver support and > fallback support for otherwise unsupportable hardware. Do you whant something like WIN95 ? :( On my mind it's not a very nice idea to use BIOS in all cases - much better to write normal driver.... -- /====================================U _a' /( / Alexey Pialkin N ~~ _}\ \( - / Internet: root@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru I \(,_(,\\ / FidoNet: 2:5030/247 X ._>, _>,``==>