Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 13:40:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles N. Owens" <owensc@alpha.enc.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iBCS SCO status, Locus Merge Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950801133751.28291A-100000@alpha.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <9508011700.AA02096@cs.weber.edu>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > I realize that the iBCS stuff isn't scheduled for inclusion in
> > the regular releases, but I was wondering if there's any way I could get
> > the current code to play with??
>
> It *is* part of the release stuff.
Oh...oops. Pardon my ignorance. Is there something in the man pages about
it... or somewhere in the source tree perhaps?
> > Does anyone have any idea of whether or not it would run
> > something as complex as Locus's "merge" product? This is what SCO uses
> > to execute DOS & Windows apps from its OS.
>
> No, it would not. Merge has kernel level support for the console
> driver and for VM86() (virtual machine) support.
Bummer...
Thanks for the info!
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