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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UNIX w/DOS shell for 386 PC
Keywords: UNIX
Message-ID: <13367@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 14 Mar 89 16:47:24 GMT
References: <4768@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <4768@hubcap.UUCP> mmccann@hubcap.UUCP (Mike McCann) writes:
| I need recommendations on a UNIX operating system for a 386 machine with
| the capabilities to shell out to DOS.

I am using xenix/386 2.3.1 and VP/ix. I like it. It's not perfect, but
neither are any other similar products around. It runs all of the
business software I use, and most of the utilities. With 2.3.1 and VP/ix
1.1 I have never had a DOS program interfere with the rest of the
system. Not all DOS programs run (particularly games), but the rest of
the machine keeps on going.

When I tried INterActive and SCO the ISC C compiler was buggy. It still
doesn't generate DOS executables. This was the big reason for going with
SCO.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me