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From: paradis@pinocchio.encore.com (Jim Paradis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Xenix running DOS applications on 80286
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Date: 20 Jan 89 20:15:49 GMT
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I own an 80286-based PeeCee clone, and I would like to put up a
version of Un*x on it that will also run DOS applications.  Most
DOS-under-Xenix systems I've seen only work on the 80386; however,
I have a Microport price list in front of me here that lists their
Dos Merge [tm] product as being available for both the 80286 AND
the 80386.  This brings up two questions:

	(1) Anybody have any experiences with Microport Xenix
	and/or Dos Merge on the 286?

	(2) Does anybody know of any OTHER vendors who offer
	Unices that run DOS applications for the 286?

While I'm at it, here's another question:  I notice that Microport
offers both two-user and unlimited-user versions of their systems,
with significant price differences between the two... could someone
tell me how they enforce the two-user limit?

Finally, does anybody know of a mail-order house that sells Microport
products cheap?  To paraphrase the Speedy Muffler commercial, "I'm NOT
going to pay a LOT for this kernel!!!" 8-)

Jim Paradis (paradis@encore.UUCP) 508-460-0500
Devout Secular Humanist and Worshipper of Bacchus in Vintage Years