Yahoo Auctions Japan is a trip down memory lane to the world of technology in 1995. The author reminisces about the dominance of OS/2 and Netware servers, and the anticipated rise of the Linux desktop. They stumbled upon BSD on Windows during a late-night browsing session and purchased it from vic485. BSD on Windows is a hybrid 16/32-bit app that offers a single user mode BSD-like environment with various tools like vi, gcc, csh, and perl. The author highlights some limitations and difficulties they encountered, such as memory constraints and filename issues. Although BOW is now obsolete, it would have been a valuable tool for network administrators at the time.
https://virtuallyfun.com/2023/12/08/bsd-on-windows-things-i-wish-i-knew-existed/