mash@mips.COM (John Mashey) (03/17/88)
In article <799@nuchat.UUCP> steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) writes: >I saw this double-page add for the '030, and burried in the >copy was the phrase 'unix and ms-dos compatible' or something >like that... >Not having seen any discussion of a 8088 emulation mode in >the '030 architecture I thought I'd ask if anyone has any >idea what those marketeers have been smoking. Weirdly enough, nothing. Several companies sell software that lets you run MS/DOS applications, fresh out of the shrink-wrap, on other CPUs. I've seen them running on 68020s; hence, a 68020, at least, is "ms-dos compatible"....as are (at least) Clippers and MIPS R2000s (and surely more). A Turing Machine is probably "ms-dos compatible" with the right software & peripherals. :-) -- -john mashey DISCLAIMER: <generic disclaimer, I speak for me only, etc> UUCP: {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!mash OR mash@mips.com DDD: 408-991-0253 or 408-720-1700, x253 USPS: MIPS Computer Systems, 930 E. Arques, Sunnyvale, CA 94086