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From: todd@uunet.uu.net (Todd C. Miller)
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Subject: Re: DOS emulation on 386BSD
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Date: 29 Jun 92 14:33:12 GMT
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In article <1992Jun29.035734.22350@spectrum.xerox.com> leisner.henr801c@xerox.com writes:
>What's the story with DOS emulation on 386BSD?
>
>Sun386i's did all type of magic calls to put the 386 chip into virtual 8086 mode...
>
>If it isn't done, it probably won't be too hard...

I beleive some of the linux folks are working on DOS emulation as well,
might make sense to do a joint effort?

 - todd
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       Todd C. Miller     todd@uunet.UU.NET     UUNET Postmaster Intern