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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: The best of all worlds (Was Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS...)
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Date: 29 Apr 91 21:23:54 GMT
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As far as running Unix along with Win or OS/2, I guess the idea
of DPMI is to allow all these things to peacefully coexist.

But don't think an OS/2 DOS window would let something like Unix
get at the extended 286 or 386 features. Those DOS boxes are
virtual 8086s!

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