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From: ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: DOS under UNIX (tm)
Summary: Performance?
Message-ID: <1990May1.140743.16781@dsuvax.uucp>
Date: 1 May 90 14:07:43 GMT
References: <13157@dime.cs.umass.edu> <218@tygra.UUCP> <1411@codonics.COM> <4567@uceng.UC.EDU>
Organization: Dakota State University
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In article <4567@uceng.UC.EDU>, dmocsny@minerva.che.uc.edu (Daniel Mocsny) writes:
> In article <5614@seac.UUCP> wain@seac.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes:
> >In article <1136@unix386.Convergent.COM> markb@unix386.Convergent.COM (Mark Beyer) writes:
> >>I used to snicker at [DOS emulation], too.  Until I realized that it sells
> >>a lot of machines.
> >[...]
> [...] 
> DOS emulation under UNIX is a quite reasonable way to assist users in
> migrating to a real operating system. If the UNIX vendors can do DOS
> better than DOS, then they can increase the size of their market by a
> factor of at least 10. Then users can naturally discover the benefits
> of the UNIX system they happen to be using, as the size of the installed
> base attracts UNIX ports of all the world-class applications.

Given a 20Mhz 80386 box with 8Mb RAM and 150Mb disk on an ESDI
controller, how many users using VP/IX have people seen a box like
this support under what kind of loads?

> Dan Mocsny				Snail:

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