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From: ralfi@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de (Ralf Holighaus)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: XENIX AND DOS
Message-ID: <1990Nov20.163322.29855@pemstgt.PEM-Stuttgart.de>
Date: 20 Nov 90 16:33:22 GMT
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evanc@isishq.fidonet.org (Evan Champion) writes:

>I was planning on buying Xenix for my next computer but I am unsure about 
>it's compatibility with my existing DOS programs. Can it run DOS 
>applications? Thanks.

There are several ways.

The easiest way is to use Xenix and Dos NOT simultaneously. You simply leave
a DOS partition on your disk and either activate it with FDISK to run DOS
and activate XENIX to run XENIX, or you only activate XENIX and tell XENIX
at boot time to boot DOS at the boot : prompt.

The other possibilities apply only if you run a 386 system.

You could either run XENIX386 with VP/ix (extra product) or
run SCO Open Desktop, where DOS/Merge is bundled.

Both products enable you to run DOS as an additional task under Unix/XENIX.

Rgds
Ralf.

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