From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Dec 6 23:10:29 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA14904 for emulation-outgoing; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 23:10:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from apolo.biblos.unal.edu.co ([168.176.37.75]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA14898 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 23:10:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from unalmodem.usc.unal.edu.co ([168.176.3.48]) by apolo.biblos.unal.edu.co (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id CAA08386; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 02:11:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32A941E6.1C45@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 02:07:45 -0800 From: "Pedro Giffuni S." Organization: Universidad Nacional de Colombia X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Sean J. Schluntz" CC: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of windows, dos and svr4 emulation References: <32A7693D.42F2@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-emulation@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > > > > >When netbsd's svr4 emulation will be ported to FreeBSD? > > > > > > Well, what's the application you want it for? > > > > > How about WABI for SolarisX86 (itīs available isnīt it)? but thereīs > > also a Linux version now...would have to find out which is cheaper, but > > Linuxīs version would, almost surely, always be better supported by > > FreeBSD. > > WABI for Linux is $199 for one copy. You have to have your own copy of > Windows v3.1. I don't know if it works with WinfW v3.11 yet, but I guess I > will find out when I get it. > I couldnīt get the price of the SUN version, but if it runs, SVR4 emulation may be worth having: WABI 2.2 supports OLE/DDE, ODBC, and many more applications. Perhaps someone with NetBSD, or OpenBSD, can give a try to the demo version available at: http://www.sun.com/solaris/products/wabi/support/distribute/wabi22demo.html Pedro. > -Sean > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sean J. Schluntz > Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 > PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 > 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 > San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ > > Local Time Sent: 12/05/96 16:02:00 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------