Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 18:25:23 -0800 (PST) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: "John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jkazos@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and SoftWindows Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980222182325.16181A-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <34F05F4F.2EA2198A@usa.net>
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On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, John Anthony Kazos Jr. wrote: > I have a MacOS clone computer (PowerMac 604e 200MHz PCI). There is a > program called SoftWindows 95 (version 5.0) that emulates Windows95, the > SoundBlaster 16 card, etc. by emulating a Pentium (Pentium II, I think) > processor and related hardware. I would like to know if I would be able > to use FreeBSD with SoftWindows. I plan to attend the Virginia > Polytechnic Institute and State University and they require both Windows > 95/NT and UNIX, and they referred me to FreeBSD.ORG. I seriously doubt that SoftWidows will run anything else than Windows. You may have better luck with VirtualPC (which I've heard of people having success w/). Either one will be insanely slow. I'd recommend a cheap 486 computer instead. But if you're really desperate you can always try it out by downloading the floppy disk... - alex A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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