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Subject: Re: Virtual 8086 under OS/2 2.0: What's the skinny?
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Date: 6 Jun 91 13:24:10 GMT
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In <1991Jun5.222119.18672@netcom.COM>, resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick) writes:
>
>
>Here's a question which has been on my mind a little ...
>
>In OS/2 2.0 there is support for multiple virtual DOS machines. How
>far does this virtualization go? Would I be able to, for example,
>load some other 8086 operating system, like CP/M (not that I want to)
>or MINIX (Yeah, I want to =]) in a VDM?
>
>I guess the important things would be that the IVT gets handled correctly
>(eg 8086 interrupts are handled in their normal fasion) and that
>I/O port emulation, or mapping be provided.
>
>Anyone know these answers? IBM? Microsoft?

(Sigh) Microsoft's NT is supposed to do this, but I seriously doubt that
2.0 will let you boot any other OS simultaneously.  I guess you'll have
to wait until NT is released.

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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