From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us
Message-Id: <199607151024.GAA00723@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
Subject: Re: go-32 and Linux DOSEMU
To: dabloodgod AT aol DOT com
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 06:24:36 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <4sb2bb$ofp@newsbf02.news.aol.com> from "DABLOODGOD" at Jul 14, 96 11:05:15 am
Content-Type: text

Thinking furiously, DABLOODGOD wrote:
> 
> Ive been reading this thread and am a little confused about it - Are we
> discussing using LINUX DOSEMU to run go32 and the djgpp software under
> linux ?
> 
> This seems a little backwards - why not just compile using native gcc on
> LINUX and go - I suppose the answer to my question is that there are go32
> programs, whose source code is not available that need to be run, or that
> the go32 programs make extensive use the Dos interface

Because we're developing a DOS program, and don't want to have to
shutdown Linux (nice multi-user/tasking environment) to boot up yucky
old DOS (single task) to do it, if we can avoid it.

Fred
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