I learn something new everyday. So its a trail run of an OS without any risk. I like it. I usually install everything new on a seperate CF chip. There isn't anything else present to damage - like windows. My really important stuff is kept on a dos CF chip way out of the reach of a virus. Thanks very much for the explanation.
cheers DS On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:57:27 -0500 Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> writes: > On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > > There something very special about this link and I'm too ignorant > to know > > what it is. > > What is v86? > > > > DS > > > > > >> http://copy.sh/v86/?profile=freedos > > > > > v86 is a virtual x86 emulator. It's like VirtualPC or Bochs or > VMWare or > VirtualPC or QEMU or VirtualBox or any other PC emulator .. except > v86 runs > entirely in your web browser. You don't need to run a local > emulator. > > JavaPC (aka 'JPC') and PCjs are other examples of a PC emulator that > runs > in the web browser. > > The tradeoff is that all the data lives on a web server somewhere, > not your > own computer. So the end-user has no control over what software gets > installed. But if you want to let others experiment with your system > (for > example, to try out FreeDOS) without the risk of having to install > it on > their own, running the emulator in a browser isn't a bad idea. > > I'm thinking about adding something like this to the freedos.org > website so > people can try out FreeDOS. Not sure about bandwidth and web server > requirements yet, though - so no promises. > > > Jim ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/552005441c181543657dst04duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
