fischer@utower.gopas.sub.org (Axel Fischer) (03/24/90)
After seeing Open Desktop on SCO Unix I must say I like it. Especially those
nice little icons to click on.
Is it possible to get Open Desktop for 386/ix in the future ?
I hope so. And _much_ faster than on SCO Unix would be nice too.
-Axel
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They've Got Only One Aim: Total Destructionjeff@samna.UUCP (jeff) (03/28/90)
In article <FWC*&MB@utower.gopas.sub.org> fischer@utower.gopas.sub.org writes: >Is it possible to get Open Desktop for 386/ix in the future ? As I understand it, "Open Desktop" is SCO's name for the combination of: - X11/Motif - IXI's X.desktop (provides an icon-based user interface) - Ingres (DBMS?) - NFS - A DOS emulator - (Maybe more?) Anyway, at least some of this is already available on 386/ix. I'm using their X11/Motif, and *have* their TCP/IP stuff (hope to be using it soon) - I don't know if they've got NFS. I know they've got a DOS emulator (VP/ix?) [why anyone would want this is left as a puzzle for the reader]. So, I doubt you'll see "Open Desktop" on 386/ix anytime soon. Jeff
stickler@cc.helsinki.fi (03/29/90)
> ........I know they've got a DOS emulator > (VP/ix?) [why anyone would want this is left as a puzzle for the reader]. > > > Jeff The DOS emulator is NOT VP/ix, but Merge 386 and it is much much much better than VP/ix. I even run MS-Windows and Excel with NO problems. A very solid and amazing peice of software. Check it out! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patrick Stickler University of Helsinki stickler@hylka.helsinki.fi (BIX: stickler) Nokia Research Center stickler@pepper.rc.nokia.fi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) (03/29/90)
In article <2209.2610e52c@cc.helsinki.fi> stickler@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >> ........I know they've got a DOS emulator >> (VP/ix?) [why anyone would want this is left as a puzzle for the reader]. >> > >> Jeff > >The DOS emulator is NOT VP/ix, but Merge 386 and it is >much much much better than VP/ix. I even run MS-Windows and >Excel with NO problems. A very solid and amazing peice of >software. > >Check it out! > > >////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Patrick Stickler University of Helsinki stickler@hylka.helsinki.fi >(BIX: stickler) Nokia Research Center stickler@pepper.rc.nokia.fi >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// I'm not absolutely sure BUT ... I just spoke to Interactive today and they said it's VP/ix. **************************************************************** * Steven R. Gerber - PAL (Programmer At Large) * srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu * Tel: 212-794-8721 * UUCP: ...rutgers!columbia!cunixd!srg * FAX: 212-794-8722 ****************************************************************
eric@egsner.cirr.com (Eric Schnoebelen) (03/30/90)
In article <1990Mar29.044535.15849@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> srg@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Steven R Gerber) writes: - In article <2209.2610e52c@cc.helsinki.fi> stickler@cc.helsinki.fi writes: - >> ........I know they've got a DOS emulator - >> (VP/ix?) [why anyone would want this is left as a puzzle for the reader]. - > - >The DOS emulator is NOT VP/ix, but Merge 386 and it is - >much much much better than VP/ix. [...] A very solid and amazing peice of - >software. - - I'm not absolutely sure BUT ... - I just spoke to Interactive today and they said it's VP/ix. Interactives DOS emulator is called VP/ix. Locus' DOS emulator is called DOSMerge. Open Desktop by SCO is going to ship DOSMerge, since it can properly live within an X window. SCO currently ships VP/ix to run on Xenix/386. I too have found DOSMerge (an old version 1.1.3, I believe, on Microport/386) to be much better than VP/ix, especially as a command line environment for DOS development. -- Eric Schnoebelen eric@cirr.com schnoeb@convex.com ... Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.