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Article #1907Re: Unix utilities available under DOS
From: Martin Houston
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 00:00
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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