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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:29:27 -0400
From:      Mark Abene <phiber@radicalmedia.com>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: em86
Message-ID:  <20000731112927.O2866@radicalmedia.com>
In-Reply-To: <14725.33823.884653.998738@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from Andrew Gallatin on Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:53:58AM -0400
References:  <20000731051254.M2866@radicalmedia.com> <14725.33823.884653.998738@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 09:53:58AM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
> 
> Mark Abene writes:
>  > While we're on the subject of emulation, is anyone interested in starting
>  > an effort to port alphalinux's em86 to freebsd/alpha?  Methinks the ability
>  > to run linux/x86 apps on our machines would be a boon.
>  > 
>  > Comments?
>  > -Mark
> 
> I've tried running em86 under emulation and saw a problem with the
> linux dynamic loader.  I then tried it on my linux/alpha test box &
> got the same error.
> 
> Now that we can run realplayer, acrobat, netscape, etc, my motivation
> for getting em86 working has decreased remarkebly..
> 
> Drew
> 

Was this the latest 2.2-1 em86?  My rationale for getting it to work is for
office productivity apps, such as WordPerfect and StarOffice.  We're in bad
need of such a thing.

-Mark



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