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From: akcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UNIX runs DOS applications?
Message-ID: <[2565552d:2.4]comp.sys.ibm.pc;1@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 89 13:53:35 GMT
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>It is clear that When one moves to unix can take his DOS applications
>along. On a 386 machine at least which is what interests me anyway.
>
>Another question is:
>
>	Is it also possible for these DOS virtual machines to use
>	virtual memory? (ie in 4Mb of RAM a DOS Process uses expanded
>	memory of 40Mb (under a compatibility window in unix))
>
>	Is that asking for too much? :-)

It should be possible - but I've never tried it.  You could do something like
have VP/ix boot up and running Desqview with an AST Rampage board installed
as LIM 4.0 memory.  The neat thing about Unix over other operating systems
like QNX - is that with VP/ix one can run multiple DOS tasks at one time
where as with QNX you are limited to one.