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From: cracauer@wavehh.hanse.de (Martin Cracauer)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD under SoftWindows on a Mac?
Message-ID: <1996Jul19.141446.14047@wavehh.hanse.de>
Organization: BSD User Group Hamburg
References: <mwilson-1807962011020001@ip-pdx12-49.teleport.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 14:14:46 GMT
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mwilson@teleport.com (Matthew R. Wilson) writes:
>Has anyone ever had any success getting FreeBSD to work running under
>SoftWindows 95 on a Mac? Is there any tips that I should know about
>before I dive in and try to do this?
SoftWindows provides just an Operating System Environment for
Applications. It doesn't emulate enough of the hardware to let other
operating systems run.
If you have a 680x0 Mac and want BSD, have a look at NetBSD or
OpenBSD.
Martin
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