Running MS/PC-DOS under Unix/Xenix

[Michael R. Johnston]

In article <587 at lakesys.UUCP> davek at lakesys.UUCP (Dave Kraft) writes:
>Hi,
>This may be a silly question, but, I've got a few MS/PC-DOS applications that
>I would like to run under SCO Xenix.  Is this possible?  If so, how?

Well, that all depends upon the type of machine you are running. SCO offers
a product called "VP/ix" which allows you to run MS-DOS under Xenix. However,
these caveats apply:
	- Requires 80386

	- Better have at least 2 meg in that machine for starters.

	- Better be prepared to crash your machine frequently.

That last statment was not tongue in cheek. It is a fact. VP/ix has an
annoying tendency to crash to the computer. This is partially due to the
fact that it has lots of Hooks directly into the kernel to do what it does.
It also runs SUID root. 

Don't get me wrong, it is a miracle that it does what it does as well as it
does it. I just wish it didn't crash so much. What I am trying to say is:
   "Don't depend on SCO VP/ix. It's not stable enough."

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Michael R. Johnston
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