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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: Re: MkLinux .. Just a thought..
- Date: 07 Jun 1996 12:55:02 -0600
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- >>>>> "Trent" == Trent Piepho <xyzzy@u.washington.edu> writes:
- In article <4p7t14$oqv@nntp5.u.washington.edu> xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho) writes:
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- 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?
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- 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.
-
- Trent> -- |Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens \ on a quest,
- Trent> meaning, reason | |came to be, how it begun \ all alone in
- Trent> the family of the sun | |curiosity teasing everyone \ on
- Trent> our home, third stone from the sun. | |Trent Piepho
- Trent> (xyzzy@u.washington.edu) -- Metallica |
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- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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