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Date:      Thu, 4 Jul 1996 17:36:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        tinman@cco.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Windows and DOS for Free BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960704173514.12809C-100000@skipper.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960704130359.223F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Jul 1996 tinman@cco.net wrote:
> 
> > A few quick questions.  Can I run MS DOS, Windows 3.X and Windows '95 
> > programs in FreeBSD?  Also, what are the system requirements?
> 
> Ouch.  Please correct me here, people:
> 
> DOS:  yes with dosemu, not very well tho.  Last I heard we are working 
> with BSD/OS to port over their 'rundos' system.
> 
> Windows 3.X:  Yes? with Willows or Wine.  
> 
> Win95:  No way as of yet, AFAIK.
> 
> Don't expect 100% compatibility with any of these.
> 
> Any reason you'd want to punish yourself by running DOS programs under 
> FreeBSD?

Unfortunately, yes.  Engineering classes here require matlab, which 
unfortunately is a dos beast.  I'd LOVE to be able to run it (or Mathcad, 
even better) under FreeBSD.

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