srvarma@zookeeper.cns.syr.edu (* Sandeep Varma *) (07/04/90)
I have come across 2 products which can emulate a PC on a Sun. 1. DOS Windows: This is a Sun software ($500 approx.) which emulates the 80286 instruction set on your Sun. It gives you an illusion of a PC/AT. Thus, while in SunView, you can run DOS-Windows in one windows where you can run your DOS applications while other windows can run your normal SunView commands. 2. SunIPC (Sun Integrated PC): This is also from Sun and is a hardware board which fits into the VME slot on your Sun. It has a dedicated 80286 CPU built-in and therefore, it should run as fast as your PC/AT. One disadvantage, I know of, about SunIPC, is that you will be able to run only 1 DOS application per IPC board, as opposed to DOS windows, which apparently lets you run more than one DOS jobs. Hope this is some help! -Sandeep. (srvarma@zookeeper.cns.syr.edu)
scott@hfserver.hfnet.bt.co.uk (Scott McRae) (07/06/90)
In article <9614@brazos.Rice.edu>, srvarma@zookeeper.cns.syr.edu (* Sandeep Varma *) writes: > I have come across 2 products which can emulate a PC on a Sun. > > 1. DOS Windows: > 2. SunIPC (Sun Integrated PC): One disadvantage to SunIPC is that you need a SUN with a VMEbus to plug it into. Expensive!!! :-) A cheaper alternative would be to buy a product called Synergy from Puzzle Systems Corporation. This slots into a SPARC stations 1's internal SBus and provides (as the man says) 80386 performance at a fraction of the cost ($1995 +vat + p&p.) Other features include support for extended memory (which DOSwindows DOSn't), Hercules, VGA and Super VGA graphics standards and a 16K cache of SRAM. Currently Synergy is only integrated with Sunview: we'll have to wait until November time for the OpenLook version. Scott McRae, RT 5515, MLB 2/10, | RT55 - The Industrial and BTRL, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, UK. | Human Factors Tel : +44 473 646443 | Design email : scott@uk.co.bt.hfnet | Division.