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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!flatlin!flyer!robkaos!robsch From: robsch@robkaos.GUN.de (Robert Schien) Subject: Re: MS-DOS emulator? [386BSD] Message-ID: <1992Dec5.164135.4077@robkaos.GUN.de> Organization: Private Site, Essen, Germany X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7] References: <1992Dec1.234705.20742@tinman.mke.ab.com> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1992 16:41:35 GMT Lines: 32 Thad Phetteplace x4461 (tdphette@mke.ab.com) wrote: : j.laidman@cowan.edu.au (Jeremy Laidman) writes: : : : : I know Linux ships with a MS-DOS emulator that appears to work quit well. : : It can run things like Borland C++ & Pascal. Is anyone working on one for : : 386BSD? Would it be a difficult thing to do? : : : : I second that request. As much as I hate it I still have to work in : (say it quietly) DOS sometimes. It would be helpfull if I didn't have : to reboot all the time. My knowlege of DOS internals is a little rusty : but I would be willing to help out in a project of this type. Any : takers? This would be indeed a quite interesting project. At first, of course, we have to make a design decision. For example, you could write an emulator in a form which would work on a an architecture quite different than a PC or you could write 386-specific versions which use the virtual 8086 modes... Should we setup a mailing list? : : -- : Thad Phetteplace : Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. : Phone: (414)382-4461 : Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com : : The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. : I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy! : -- Robert Schien robsch@robkaos.GUN.de "To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer"