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Re: Unix utilities available under DOS

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From: Martin Houston
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00
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N J Bailey wrote:
> 
> Phil Hunt wrote:
> >
> > Unix has a number of useful utilities packaged with it, eg sort,
> > grep, sed, awk. Have these been ported to MSDOS, and if so where do
> > I get hold of them?
> >
> > --
> > Phil Hunt
> > Eurolang, a common second language for the European Union. See:
> > Eurolang, comuna dua lang per la Europa Unized. Vidu:
> >    <http://www.vision25.demon.co.uk/eurolang.htm>
> 
> Depending on how many DOS apps you use, why not consider porting them
> to Unix!  You'll thank yourself in the end, save money and get  *much*
> higer performance!  Maybe somebody has done it already!
>
Why port? Dosemu runs loads of DOS software already - even games like
Duke Nukem 3D. The only fly in the ointment is lack of through
support for soundcards - you can play the big games but in silence!

Somebody please correct me if I am wrong. When Caldera finaly
release the source code for DR DOS we should expect DOSEMU to
be eventualy bomb proof and self contained. 
> Nick.
> 
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From: Martin Houston <mhouston@mh01.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Unix utilities available under DOS
Date: 1996/11/22
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