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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: MSDOS/intel machine
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.202431.19609@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <725110023.AA00890@contrast.wlink.nl> <92122474@fcshome.UUCP> <1hisgeINNojd@ub.d.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:24:31 GMT
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- In <1hisgeINNojd@ub.d.umn.edu> cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes:
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- > Ok. I will rephrase my question.
- >Is there a msdos computer that does not run intel binary code (excluding
- >emulaters)? (V20/AMD/Cyrix chips and the like all run intel binary
- >code.)
-
- MS-DOS is only available as Intel executables. Hence, your question
- is specifically set up to require a 'no' answer (since to run MS-DOS,
- which is machine specific, requires either a CPU that will run
- binaries for i8x86 or an emulator of some kind to run the MS-DOS).
-
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- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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