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From: pi@indiana.edu (Raymond L. Gilbert)
Subject: Re: dos emulator for freebsd
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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 18:45:19 GMT
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I originally wrote:
>Thus it was recorded by the prophets, miff@apanix.apana.org.au (Michael Smith) said:
>>jeppe@clinet.fi (Joachim Paganus) writes:
>>>Is there a dos emulator for FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 ?
>>
>>I've been using the Hedley pcemu with virtually no problems at all.
>>Ask archie for a nearby archive site - the version I have is
>>pcemu1.00alpha.tar.gz
>
>I did... the archie on my side of the planet wasn't able to find it. :-(
>I don't suppose you'd care to let us know of a couple of places
>down under that might have it?

Thanks for the responses on this one guys... :-) I found Hedley's
distribution site at ftp.cs.bris.ac.uk under /users/hedley.  According
to his docs, the emulation runs "at about 6MHz 8088 speed on a
33MHz 80486 box running Linux".  I still think this should be
added to the FAQ. :-)
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