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Re: MkLinux .. Just a thought..



>>>>> "Trent" == Trent Piepho <xyzzy@u.washington.edu> writes:
In article <4p7t14$oqv@nntp5.u.washington.edu> xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho) writes:


    Trent> In article <31B75BEE.63F2@asgna.com>, Chris Howard
    Trent> <choward@asgna.com> wrote:
    >> Just a thought...
    >> 
    >> Could Executor run MkLinux and then MkLinux run Wine and then
    >> wine run Executor.
    >> 
    >> How many levels of emulation until all things break?

    Trent> Don't think you could get past that first one, Executor
    Trent> running mklinux.  But I wonder if ARDI could compile a
    Trent> mklinux executor, so all the mac users don't have to give
    Trent> up all their mac programs to run linux.  It could even run
    Trent> PPC programs without emulation.

This is something we hope to pursue after E2 is shipping.  It's not as
high priority as some of our other endeavors though.

    Trent> Speaking of strange emulations, had anyone been able to run
    Trent> E/D in a linux dosemu session.  dosemu is getting pretty
    Trent> good, you can run new DPMI games like Duke3D in an Xwindow.

I think Mat fiddled with this several months ago and it was quite
close back then.  It may work now for all I know, but nobody at ARDI
has time to look at it.

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