Subject: Re: [Free]DOS port?
From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2001 - 07:33:40 CST
According to ArcadePreserv Center <arcadepreserv@hotmail.com>:
> I would like to add that a DOS port would not be useless and pointless. I
> have many friends which have only one modern computer, which mean that the
> family must timeshare the useage. They have however often an old 486 in
> their attic.
> If they could use it together with dos to make their wordprocessing it would
> be very nice.
You could run it under Linux or BSD :-) Even Win95 runs on a 486.
> So, it is not only a "see if it can be done" and "see if I can do it" thing,
> it is in fact also a quite useful thing. Not to mention the usefulness in
> the 3rd world, where I believe modern computers are a luxuary.
>
> BTW: Would a windows 3.1 port be easier ?
I don't think.
Hub
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