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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: programs crashing in Desqview
Summary: DOS under UNIX
Message-ID: <511261@nstar.UUCP>
Date: 10 Mar 90 23:15:50 GMT
References: <48f4c22d.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>
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Organization: Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN USA
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In article <48f4c22d.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>, nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) writes:
> 
>    Does the UNIX you are using have a DOS compatibility mode?  If so,
>    can you run *ANY*  DOS programs in it or only well-behaved ones?
>    How much support does your sytem require?   Is most of the software
>    you run plug'n'play or do you need to have the sevices of a "guru"
>    (perhaps yourself) to port programs, resolve problems and so forth?   

I run 386/ix on a 25 mhz '386 and have VP/ix installed.  I have yet
to come across a DOS program which could not be made to run on my machine -
but then I didn't try *everything* 


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