XDOS

[Mike Clarkson]

In article <12589 at brl-adm.ARPA>, Bruce_Rioux%ewd.ceo.dg.com at relay.cs.net writes:
> According to an article entitled "Now workstations run software written for
> PCs" found on page 21 of the March 17, 1988 issue of 'Electronic Design',
> you can run DBASEIII on Sun 68020-based UNIX workstations:
> 
>         "... With XDOS, developed by Hunter Systems, of Palo Alto, Calif.,
> PC-hosted programs run on a 68020-based Sun-3/160 workstation....  A lineup of
> popular programs already runs on the Sun, thanks to XDOS - Lotus 1-2-3,
> Ashton-Tate's dBase III, Microsoft's Wordstar....  With XDOS, the executable
> code of programs written for PC's can be recompiled and, as a result, be
> transferred to 68020-based systems...."

I just spoke with Alexia Gilmour at Hunter Systems (415-965-2400):

The product is not released yet.  Version 1 will be released in about a month.
It does not handle any DOS program, just the ones that they've certified it
for, which included the ones mentioned above, and the normal most widely used
DOS software.  It only emulates Mono adapter for the moment.

Price for 1-4 user licence was quoted as $425.

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