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From: staff@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: DOS applications on new RISC arch
Message-ID: <164@cadlab.sublink.ORG>
Date: 7 Apr 90 09:48:15 GMT
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> Can you run a DOS application as a process under AIX on the new RISC
> machine?  I think that is the 6000.  Or how about on any other AIX
> platform?
I believe IBM sells a software 8086/MSDOS emulator for AIX3 on the 
RISC-6000, and a full-blown Dos-Merge exploiting the virtual-8086
hardware mode of the 386 for AIX PS/2.  The former should do for a
very occasional need for DOS applications, the latter should be more
appropriate if the need is not all that occasional.
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