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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MS-DOS process under Minix???
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Date: 18 Feb 91 20:56:08 GMT
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routh@eltanin.rtp.semi.harris.com (Kevin Routh x622) writes:
>I am considering buying the 80x86 version of Minix and wondered:  Has
>anyone been able to get a MS-DOS application to run under a COMMAND.COM
>process under Minix?  I assume this is possible because commercial
>80x86 Unix versions allow this.  Would this be a huge undertaking or
>within the capability of a casual programmer?  Minix sounds like a
>great vehicle to learn operating system theory, and I thought this
>would be a good project.  Am I dreaming???  

Very huge undertaking.  You'd have to write a process and a task that puts the
386 in V86 mode.  If you have the bucks, you might be able to license VP/ix
from ISC, but they won't let you publish the source.  :)

     // JCA

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