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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.
Trent> -- |Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens \ on a quest,
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