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- From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.xenix.misc,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Xenix (tm) emulation for Linux almost works :-)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.175616.8407@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 17:56:16 GMT
- References: <714153102.23809@zooid.guild.org>
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- Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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- In article <714153102.23809@zooid.guild.org> vid@zooid.guild.org (David Mason) writes:
- >From: umisef@mcshh.Hanse.DE (Bernd Meyer)
- >>Well, guys, just a thought of mine - should be somhow more stable than an
- >>messy-dos emulation. MS-Windows-programs just have to use the system-calls.
- >>No direct fussing around with VGA-cards, serial ports, printers and that
- >>stuff....
- >>And wouldn't it be fun, just running MS-Winword withhout MS-Windows (Hehe,
- >>Bill, here we smile :-)))
- >>
- >
- >Hey! I'd pay for that!
- >
-
- how 'bout $79.00 + Windows Manual title page + shipping? You can get OS/2 2.0
- direct from IBM for that price...and it runs Windows apps without Windows...:-)
- And you get a nice Boot Manager, too. :-)
-
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- James
-
- James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library
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- DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
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