cs00chs@unccvax.uncc.edu (charles spell) (09/26/90)
It would seem to be possible to run DOS executables by saving the runtime
image of the kernel...loading memory (from a file) with a DOS image and
something that looks like (and partially acts like) command.com. Finally,
the executable could be loaded. When the executable terminates the kernel
image could be re-loaded.
Naaahhhhh....
--
.--------------------------. ... |On the border of your mind lies a place
|uunet!mcnc!unccvax!cs00chs| (") |where dreams and reality are one...I will
`--------------------------'-w-U-w-|take you there, for I am the subject...
\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\|the subject of your imagination. -Aldo Novadrl@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (09/27/90)
>>It would seem to be possible to run DOS executables by saving the runtime >>image of the kernel...loading memory (from a file) with a DOS image and >>something that looks like (and partially acts like) command.com. Finally, >>the executable could be loaded. When the executable terminates the kernel >>image could be re-loaded. >> >> >> >>Naaahhhhh.... >>-- >> .--------------------------. ... |On the border of your mind lies a place >> |uunet!mcnc!unccvax!cs00chs| (") |where dreams and reality are one...I will In fact, in the dark ages on an 11/34 under Unix V6, we did something similar in order to run TECO (TECO.SAV) which we had only as an RT-11 binary. As I see it, MS-DOS (originally) bore a more than passing resemblance to RT-11. PS to Andy: Note that I never mentioned meory-management hardware. David