Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!evan
From: evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: XDOS Lets DOS Programs Run On Unix Systems
Keywords: WHat exactly does this program do?
Message-ID: <409@telly.UUCP>
Date: 12 Nov 88 05:40:58 GMT
References: <331@hrc.UUCP>
Organization: System telly, Brampton, Ontario
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In article <331@hrc.UUCP>, dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel VP) writes:
> Not exactly sure where to post this, I chose comp.misc. I read in Info World
> about a program that will run ms-dos programs on a Unix box. What exactly
> does this program do? How does it deal with the terminal i/o ? Does it take
> the code straight from binary and re-code it into the native code for your
> box?

This software is made by Hunter Systems, Mountain View, CA (415-965-2400).
I spoke to the inventor, Colin Hunter, at Unix Expo, where he was part of
the press conference unveiling the Sony workstation.

XDOS is designed to "compile" DOS programs into Unix binaries for other
architectures, initially the 68000 family. Apparently, you run the DOS
program through this compiler, and it converts Intel mahine codes to
Motorola codes, and changes DOS calls, and BIOS calls into Unix system
calls. All in binary. A small run-time package apparently does the
mapping from DOS to Unix devices.

Apparently they are also working on a version to convert DOS programs for
use on the 88000.

I have not been able to confirm that this program does what is claimed.

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Evan Leibovitch, SA of System Telly                       If Jesus was a Jew
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