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Article #43879Re: programs crashing in Desqview
From: Larry Snyder
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 23:15
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 1990 23:15
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In article <48f4c22d.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) writes:
>
> Does the UNIX you are using have a DOS compatibility mode? If so,
> can you run *ANY* DOS programs in it or only well-behaved ones?
> How much support does your sytem require? Is most of the software
> you run plug'n'play or do you need to have the sevices of a "guru"
> (perhaps yourself) to port programs, resolve problems and so forth?
I run 386/ix on a 25 mhz '386 and have VP/ix installed. I have yet
to come across a DOS program which could not be made to run on my machine -
but then I didn't try *everything*
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer Subject: Re: programs crashing in Desqview Summary: DOS under UNIX Message-ID: <511261@nstar.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 90 23:15:50 GMT References: <48f4c22d.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Distribution: usa Organization: Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN USA Lines: 17