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From: andrew@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de (Andrew Wheadon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: dos emulator for freebsd
Date: 6 Oct 1994 23:26:51 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Mannheim
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References: <jeppe.780449737@zetor.clinet.fi> <miff.781171250@apanix.apana.org.au> <Cx8MvE.Kv5@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <Cx9LFJ.6on@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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In article <Cx9LFJ.6on@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>,
>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. :-)

Thats him being over-careful. It ran word5.0 fine for me while doing
various compiles and x-sessions on a 486/66. It seemed more like a
12 Mhz 286 or faster to me.
Cheerio

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