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Date:      Wed, 20 May 1998 13:18:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Icy <dsmythia@worldnet.att.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980520131626.28873I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35622D37.75B9@worldnet.att.net>

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On Tue, 19 May 1998, Icy wrote:

> oK, what I'm wondering is what software is compatable with FreeBSD? I
> mean, do programs have to be ported to it, or will it run a lot of
> stuff(mainly WinNT/DOS apps, for me)? If it's on the web page, I'll try
> and find it, again...thanks

It's a UNIX, so unless there's an emulator available it has to be ported.
Reportedly you can install Win95 in a Bochs (386-emulated) environment but
it takes *forever*.  

Anything you were interested in, specifically?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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