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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Use UNIX for MSDOS development?
Summary: VP/ix and compilers
Message-ID: <31@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 89 03:50:19 GMT
References: <2365@pooh.oakhill.UUCP> <389@arnor.UUCP>
Organization: The Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN USA
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In article <389@arnor.UUCP>, uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
> Sorry, guys, but what's wrong with developing the software for
> MS DOS under UNIX, and then test it on the very same computer
> and UNIX under VP/ix (or DOS Merge)? The emulation seems 99%
> perfect, and for commercial applications it should be more than
> enough... You can install Microsoft C under VP/ix...


I have been playing with Turbo C under VP/ix which appears
to run fine - even when working with communications applications
which need to access the serial ports.

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Larry Snyder              uucp:iuvax!ndcheg!ndmath!nstar!larry
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