Re: GNOME and DOS

["Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery ece cmu edu>]

On 08/01/00 09:49:11 -0700 Charles Iliya Krempeaux <aliensoldier@home.com> 
wrote:
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| I'd imagine DOS having...
|
|       o no shared libraries
|       o no long file names (... DOS has the 8.3 format)
|       o no multitasking
|       o no protected memory spaces
|       o no multiuser system (... that's probably not a big deal)
|
| Would make GNOME running on DOS difficult.
+--->8

But not impossible.  Check around for copies of DESQview/X 2.x; it gives 
you  the first three plus a working X server, and you should be able to 
still find the djgpp development libraries for it.

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