To: eldredge AT ap DOT net
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:04:37 -0700
Subject: Re: DJGPP, interprocess communication, and DPMI
Message-ID: <19970924.161924.7046.0.bshadwick@juno.com>
References: <199709240323 DOT UAA02054 AT adit DOT ap DOT net>
From: bshadwick AT juno DOT com (Ben N Shadwick)
Precedence: bulk

On Tue, 23 Sep 1997 20:23:56 -0700 (PDT) Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
writes:
>At 02:45  9/22/1997 -0700, Ben N Shadwick wrote:
>
>>Of course =) It would be nice if there was a good OS for PC's that used
>>pre-emptive multitasking and only an optional GUI, yet would run
>>MSDOS (and I suppose maybe Windoze) programs.
>
>#ifdef SHAMELESS_PLUG
>That sounds like a really good description of Linux with X-windows, 
>dosemu, (and I suppose maybe WINE). Try it, you'll like it.
>#endif

Is dosemu that good, and can I actually run Win95 progs in Linux? I also
don't have a big enough hard drive to hold everything at one time, etc.,
etc. ;) I think I'd like to see it on someone ELSE's computer first =)

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Ben Shadwick, Sysop, Mars Base BBS, (360)882-0773, Vancouver, WA, USA