Date: Mon, 13 Apr 98 19:28:44 -0400 From: ReV@BlinkLink.NET To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Out of sight Message-ID: <199804132351.TAA04617@riq.qc.ca>
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Hi there hackers!
A frend handed me the 222a version of fbsd.
In the install.txt file I found the following.
>1.4 Can I run DOS binaries under FreeBSD?
>
>Not yet! We'd like to add support for this someday, but are still
>lacking anyone to actually do the work. Ongoing work with BSDI's
>RUNDOS utility may bring this much closer to being a reality sometime
>soon. Send mail to freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org if you're interested in
>joining this effort!
>
>There is, however, a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports
>collection which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS
>text mode applications. It requires the X Window System (provided as
>XFree86 3.2) to operate.
To be able to move around in the dos/win environment, I use a special vga
video board (Vista) that allows to magnify the screen. A small 12k tsr
primes the magnification facilities, otherwise it behaves just like a
standard vga card.
My question is: Is the text mode DOS session emulated from XFree86 running
full screen or in a window or are they both possible like an os2 vdm???
Otherwise, is there any system wide magnification system that operates
reliably under fbsd?
Thanks a lot for any info!!
---
Robert Gauthier <ReV@BlinkLink.NET>
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