[OpenBIOS] Questions and comments

[cj at accom.com]

Received From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik at pobox.com>
> "Joseph D. Foley" wrote:
> > More importantly, borland released (*free, for real*) TurboC to the web,
> > which supports far pointers, among other things.
>
> And probably optimizes better too...  But I'll have to run it under
> DOSemu, as I don't want to install MS-DOS or FreeDOS.  :)

Anyone who wants to run a Real operating system and be able to use
DOS command line compilers should consider using FreeBSD rather than
Linux.  FreeBSD can run DOS executables in VM86 mode much like OS/2
and Windows, but without the instability.  In Linux, your only option
is DOSemu (as Jeff mentioned) which emulates a PC in software, which runs
*way* slower.  (This is not to say DOSemu is not a Really Good Thing,
but if you've got a x86, using vm86 mode is faster).
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