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From: littauer@uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: MS Windows in X Windows
Summary: The other way around
Keywords: ms windows - x11
Message-ID: <105V026ZbcwN01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 1 Aug 90 22:03:34 GMT
References: <1990Jul31.153302.29567@cbnewsj.att.com>
Reply-To: littauer@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer)
Distribution: na
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <1990Jul31.153302.29567@cbnewsj.att.com> lk@cbnewsj.att.com (lisa.a.krauth) writes:
>
>Hi.  I wonder if anyone has tried this ....
>
>I have X and Simultask set up on my 386.  I have been able to run
>DOS within an X window.  I am wondering if it is possible (has anyone
>tried and suceeded) to now run MS Windows within that DOS - X window
>without having MS Windows take over the entire display?  I would like
>to have unix and MS Windows displayed at the same time.

I'm currently experimenting with XVision which lets me open X clients on
my UNIX System (an Amdahl mainframe) from MS windows. I can thus run DOS
and UNIX applications side by side. XVision does have its limitations; see
the current Byte for a brief review.
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