In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Elmar Haneke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>> > Another feature to think about is implementing an TCP/IP interface
>> > directly as Win4Lin does. This should result in significant better
>> > performance once the Guest-OS drivers are written.
>> That'd restrict what one can do inside the VM quite a bit though. I know a
>> fair number of people who use VMWare to run different versions of NetWare
>> for development or demonstration purposes - without an emulation of some
>> sort of NIC, plex86'd be useless for such things.
>
>Both ideas are worth to be implemented. For some applications an
>emulated LAN-Card is better for others an modified TCP/IP is
>preferrable.
>
>Elmar
>
At some stage it's clearly (IMHO!) going to be worth forking the plex86
tree, and producing a version which is optimised for hosting win9x. I
currently use win4lin for this and am quite happy with the product per
se...
but it's clear that the present management at Netraverse are going to
continue keeping details of the win4lin vm all to themselves and charge
for each new upgrade (eg to kernel 2.4.x). I'd rather have a product I
can take a constructive role in using, and possibly help fix - hence my
lurking on this list.
Bob
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robert w hall
posting with Turnpike 4.2
under win4lin
