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dosv under os2

#540
From: Earl H. Kinmonth
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:28
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the faq for os2 claims you can run multiple dos sessions under
os2 and they need not be the same version.  is this for real? is
it robust?

i want to run dosv, the version of dos marketed by ibm for at and
ps2 bus machines that does on screen display of japanese kanji.

this version of dos does nothing more exotic than trap bios
calls, check if the two byte codes are kanji, and display
accordingly.  it runs fine on generic us and european market
machines.  nevertheless, i do not want to shell out for os2 and
learn its quirks if os2 will not runs dosv.  

(the v is dosv is not, by the way roman numeral 5, it stands for
vga.)

-- 
earl h. kinmonth, centre for japanese studies, university of sheffield,
sheffield, england s10 2tn  jp1ek@sunc.sheffield.ac.uk
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From: ucbked@athena (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Subject: dosv under os2
Date: 31 Aug 1992 13:28:08 GMT
Organization: Centre for Japanese Studies, Univ. of Sheffield
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