Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixd.cc.columbia.edu!srg From: srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Open Desktop on 386/ix planned ? Message-ID: <1990Mar29.044535.15849@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 29 Mar 90 04:45:35 GMT References: <243@samna.UUCP> <2209.2610e52c@cc.helsinki.fi> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Reply-To: srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) Distribution: comp Organization: Columbia University Lines: 32 In article <2209.2610e52c@cc.helsinki.fi> stickler@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >> ........I know they've got a DOS emulator >> (VP/ix?) [why anyone would want this is left as a puzzle for the reader]. >> > >> Jeff > >The DOS emulator is NOT VP/ix, but Merge 386 and it is >much much much better than VP/ix. I even run MS-Windows and >Excel with NO problems. A very solid and amazing peice of >software. > >Check it out! > > >////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Patrick Stickler University of Helsinki stickler@hylka.helsinki.fi >(BIX: stickler) Nokia Research Center stickler@pepper.rc.nokia.fi >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I'm not absolutely sure BUT ... I just spoke to Interactive today and they said it's VP/ix. **************************************************************** * Steven R. Gerber - PAL (Programmer At Large) * srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu * Tel: 212-794-8721 * UUCP: ...rutgers!columbia!cunixd!srg * FAX: 212-794-8722 ****************************************************************