From: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON) Subject: Re: dosemu and windows Date: 2 Jun 1993 06:08:46 GMT
In article <C7yoyF.5tH@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>
> I agree. The way to go is the WABI way - emulating a machine will just
>add a lot of overhead. I should also point out that if we do a good job with
>something along the lines of WABI, there would be no pressing need to write a
>new wordprocessor to wean the DOS users to linux.
>
Good point. If this project is possible - it would be tremendous. There are
some serious applications I would love to run without re-booting into DOS,
like Maple. That one might take a while, though, since it's ``protected mode''.
There certainly wouldn't be any need for people to complain about word
processors, at least. That is, if the efficiency is anything like the
optimistic end of this discussion.
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