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- From: gerard@netlabs.com (Gerard Horan)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
- Subject: Re: ISC VP/ix Question(s)
- Keywords: ISC Unix VP/ix
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.004001.9093@netlabs.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 00:40:01 GMT
- References: <1992Jul13.195308.21397@access.digex.com> <BrGHIn.IMn@ernest.dseg.ti.com> <BrMC1u.88J@jwt.UUCP>
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- In article <BrMC1u.88J@jwt.UUCP> john@jwt.UUCP (John Temples) writes:
- >In article <BrGHIn.IMn@ernest.dseg.ti.com> alan@ernest.dseg.ti.com (Alan Edmonds) writes:
- >>In article <1992Jul13.195308.21397@access.digex.com> jcraig@access.digex.com (Joseph N. Craig) writes:
- >>>We have been somewhat disappointed to discover that VP/ix that comes with
- >>>ISC Unix emulates 286 class machines.
- >>
- >>I believe most DOS-under-Unix products (Merge,VP/ix,etc.) all are
- >>80286 style emulators.
- >
- >*None* of them are 80286 emulators (at least on the 386), they are 8086
- >emulators. An 80286 emulator would imply the availability of extended
- >memory and 80286 protected mode, neither of which exists in VP/ix or
- >Merge.
- >--
- >John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (jwt!john@peora.sdc.ccur.com)
- Merge and VPIX use the Virtual 8086 Mode of the 386/486. This limits the
- implementation to 8086 style emulation. There is no Virtual 80286 Mode
- available on 386's/486's.
-
- gerard
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