From: jleslie AT dmccorp DOT com (Jerry Leslie)
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Subject: Re: DJGPP and NT Alpha
Date: 2 Jan 1998 07:07:28 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:

: On 31 Dec 1997, Jeffrey N Woodford wrote:

: > FX!32 is installed on this machine.  I guess that does the trick...?
: > I don't really know how FX!32 works.  In general I didn't think Alpha
: > NT could run Intel binaries.

: I don't know what FX!32 is.  Is it an x86 emulator?

FX!32 combines emulation and binary translation to allow Intel apps,
e.g. Microsoft Office 97, to run on ALPHAs, under NT 4.0. More info at:

  http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/amt/fx32/index.html/ 
  DIGITAL Semiconductor: DIGITAL FX!32

--Jerry,

Gerald (Jerry) R. Leslie  jerry DOT leslie AT aspentech DOT com  Aspen Technology, Inc.
                          (my opinions are strictly my own)