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From: "jerryc@innerpeace.org" <jerryc@innerpeace.org>
Subject: Fwd: Re: pcemu
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:28:36 -0500
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David Given wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 19:11, jerryc@innerpeace.org wrote:
> 
>>Dear David,
>>
>>Will minix or elks run on pcemu?
> 
> Elks runs, although there are a few minor timer problems. I've never
> tried Minix. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work.
>
 >
 >>We were going to use freedos, but now looking at a nix.
 >
> Given that InnerPeace is probably a very basic program in terms of
> computing requirements, the extra functionality that a Unix would
> provide probably isn't worth the extra load time... but that said, I'd
> love to see someone actually *use* ELKS for something.

I don't see the load time being a big issue. Is it significantly slower 
loading than FreeDOS?