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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!kfk.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!darum.uni-mannheim.de!andrew 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 Lines: 16 Message-ID: <37213r$adi@darum.uni-mannheim.de> References: <jeppe.780449737@zetor.clinet.fi> <miff.781171250@apanix.apana.org.au> <Cx8MvE.Kv5@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <Cx9LFJ.6on@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de 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 -- The cost of living hasn't affected it's popularity. (unknown) current release=doc host=wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de \ "NetBSD-current mirror" hostbase=/mit/ftp/pub/NetBSD base=/usr prefix=/usr backup delete use-rel-suffix