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- From: phade@cs.tu-berlin.de (Frank Gadegast)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.dos-under-unix
- Subject: Re: dos from unix(x-windows)
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:06:36 GMT
- Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- Lines: 38
- Message-ID: <1k8p9cINN5l0@news.cs.tu-berlin.de>
- References: <1993Jan13.202628.631339@sue.cc.uregina.ca> <1993Jan15.230301.21366@Celestial.COM> <TIR.93Jan18193605@lk-hp-21.hut.fi> <1993Jan26.010825.10978@Celestial.COM>
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- ray@Celestial.COM (Ray Jones) writes:
-
- >In <TIR.93Jan18193605@lk-hp-21.hut.fi> tir@lk-hp-21.hut.fi (Timo Riikonen) writes:
-
- >>>In my office, we are running 2 SCO UNIX ODT (with X-windows), 2 SCO Xenix,
- >>>and 1 Interactive UNIX systems. There are also 2 DOS machines with Windows
- >>>and 1 Tektronix X-terminal. We have no trouble running WordPerfect, MS word
- >>>and many, many other DOS apps from any of the machines on the net - using
- >>>exactly the same file. (all the UNIX and Xenix boxes run either DOS Merge or
- >>>VPIX.)
-
- >>Correct me if I am wrong, but I would suppose that you run DOS
- >>emulator in another virtual terminal, wake up Windows and a Windows
- >>application.
- >>As I understand you can't run Windows applications on an X that is
- >>running on top of UNIX.
-
- >We run DOS and MS Windows from the DOS machines on the network. Character
- >based DOS apps from any of the machines including the X-terminals. Just use
- >the right machine for the righ app.
-
- Cool, but the thing is:
-
- To run MS-Windows under VP/ix in a xterm-Window ??!!! And, I gues, that's
- still not possible ...
-
- (Well, do not forget, that I always liked to run MS-Windows under VP/ix
- in enhanced-mode (386). Will this be possible with a 586-PC, or what ?)
-
-
- Enjoy, Phade
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