Subject: Re: General Questions
To: Richard Ibbotson <richard@sheflug.co.uk>
From: None <collver1@comcast.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/22/2003 08:10:04
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 02:13:12PM +0100, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
>
> A friend who has found out about NetBSD is thinking about having a go
> with it. He wanted me to answer the following questions...
>
> Question on bsd - I assume you can use the gnu assembler "nasm" ?
Yes, nasm works in BSD.
> Is there a DOS emulator that would allow one to use dos-based
> assembler, like TASM?
I've set up bochs and freedos to relive memories of old dev software I used
when I was first introduced to MS-DOS. It works pretty well as a personal
history exhibit, but I would recommend against actually using freedos
because it has a lot of problems.
Ben