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To: john goerzen <jgoerzen@cs.twsu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Status of DOS emulator? 
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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 10:42:06 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I am wondering what the status of FreeBSD's DOS emulator is.  For 

The project is moribund for now.  Those people who actually have the
gumption to work on it are either time or hardware constrained, and
the rest seem to be waiting in the wings for final delivery.

> I am pondering a switch to NetBSD because it will run DOSEMU.  I want to 
> know if staying with FreeBSD will be worth the wait, and how long that 
> wait will be.

I thought NetBSD used the same code now - the BSDI dos emulator (which
is called Rundos, not DOSEMU - DOSEMU comes from the Linux camp).

					Jordan