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From: othman@oasys.pc.my (Othman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux
Message-ID: <e8oDLc1w165w@oasys.pc.my>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 94 08:26:49 +800
References: <2pfjmi$3j9@u.cc.utah.edu>
Organization: Telekom Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes:

> 
> Actually, a better plan is a protected mode vm86() call so anything
> anyone wants to write in kernel space could make a BIOS call if it
> needed one.

This may be called biosemu.

Implementing this should be easier than dosemu.

SABAH is HEAVEN. Beautiful islands, mountains and jungles are next to 5 star 
hotels. There are no natural and very few man-made disasters,
               BUT for how long will it last?
Disclaimer: I only speak for myself