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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: waterlan <waterlan at xs4all dot nl>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 01:12:03 +0300
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] dosbox 0.74-2
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Greetings, waterlan!
> Andrey Repin schreef op 2016-02-16 18:47:
>> Greetings, waterlan!
>>
>>>>> I run DosBOX-win32 directly on 64 bit Windows. No need for a Cygwin
>>>>> POSIX layer here.
>>>>
>>>> You could say the same of many packages. If you want to run MinGW or
>>>> MSYS, go right ahead. If you want to use Cygwin as an environment in
>>>> and of its own, then the more packages therein the better.
>>
>>> I agree with you, but I can't see the advantage for DosBOX.
>>
>> I don't see a disadvantage either. So, what was your problem, again?
>> It is not like anyone forcing you to install it, right?
> I don't have a problem with it. I was only wondering if anyone would use
> it.
I would. I have a few programs (namely BP compiler) I need for my old
projects. Running VM is not always a fastest option.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 01:11:01
Sorry for my terrible english...
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