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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 16:25:21 -0300
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
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Michael Kearns wrote:

> On 14 Sep 1999 02:08:01 -0500, les AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net (Leslie Mikesell) wrote:
>
> >In article <37ddafe0 DOT 858354 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net>,
> >Michael Kearns <michael AT toobie DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> >But the whole point of DOS is that it just loads applications and
> >lets them take over the machine.  If you enhance it, it won't
> >be DOS anymore and it will probably be a lot worse than the
> >well tested alternatives.
>
> If that were the case, you could never *ever* have a dos emulation under
> another operating system. After all, does Linux unload itself when using
> DOSEmu ? I don't think so.

Nope but:

1) Is ultra slow.
2) You lose a access to a lot of resources.
3) It can hang the Linux.

SET

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