From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP and Sun's Java PC 1.0
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 01:04:16 +0000
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Weiqi Gao wrote:
> 
> > 1. (Just curious) Did Sun use a stock copy of DJGPP?
> 
> Don't know.  You might use `strings' to find out.

Here's some interesting strings:

  CWSDPMI V0.90+ (r4) Copyright (C) 1997 CW Sandmann  ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY
  emu387.dxe
  $Id: DJGPP libc built Feb 21 1996 22:43:36 by gcc 2.7.2 $
  @(#) DJGPP libc built Feb 21 1996 22:43:36 by gcc 2.7.2 $
  $Id: stub.asm built 01/30/96 23:43:58 by djasm $
  @(#) stub.asm built 01/31/96 23:43:58 by djasm
  MS Run-Time Library - Copyright (c) 1992, Microsoft Corp

> Btw, could you please post the URL (or just mail it to me)?  I would like
> to include it in the FAQ.

The product is featured at http://java.sun.com/products/javapc, and the
beta download is available from
http://developer.javasoft.com/developer/earlyAccess/java_pc/index.html. 
Since the product is released, I don't know how long will the Beta
remain available.

> > 2. (Real question) What's the state of the art method of installing DOS
> > back onto a Windows 95 machine and have it dual-boot to either DOS or
> > Windows 95.
> 
> Windows 95 includes DOS.  You can edit the (hidden) file MSDOS.SYS, which
> is a text file in Windows 9X, to force it to present a menu at startup
> where one menu item allows you to boot DOS 7 without Windows.  And then
> you can have your dual boot.

Yes indeed.  All I have to do is to change the properties of the
JAVAPC.EXE so that it runs in DOS mode and loads a custom environment
that loads the packet driver for the ethernet card.

The whole concept of Java PC is rather simple: you run JAVAPC.EXE, and
that brings you to the familiar HotJava browser.  That's it!  I can run
Swing applets in it.

Control-Alt-Del kills the session and returns you to Windows 95.

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Weiqi Gao
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