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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Re: PC/MS-DOS on Unix PC
Message-ID: <1294@eagle.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 19:16:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 19:16:08 1985
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> Does anyone know if the capability exists that lets you run
> PC/MS-DOS software on the Unix PC? Are there any plans to 
> provide this capability?
> 
> Don Hopkins          ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!don

There is nothing available (that I know of) that will let you do what you want,
and I know of no plans to provide it, but it would be a *REAL* pain to do.  The
UNIX PC is a 68K-based machine, whereas PC/MS-DOS runs on Intel's 8086
processor family.  The best you could hope for would be an interpreter, or
possibly an add-on `co-processor'.  From both a user and developer standpoint,
I don't think either would be a useful answer.*

* - This is my opinion, and may have nothing to do with anyone else's
(including my management) opinions or facts.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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