Windows 3.0, VP/ix, SCO Unix 3.2.0

[Karl-P. Huestegge]

In <1991Mar14.161512.5835 at joymrmn.uucp> marcelm at joymrmn.uucp (Marcel Mongeon (Admin)) writes:

>I have VP/ix 1.2 running under SCO Unix 3.2.0 kernel id 1.91 and
>Maint. Sup A running on an 80386 machine.

>I am trying to load Windows 3.0.  However, during the second diskette
>(I am installing from 3 in. diskettes) everything crashes out with a
>General Protection Fault, Cannot emulate instruction message.  I am then
>dumped back to the Unix prompt.

>HELP!!!!

This is intended. RTFM ;-)  If a DOS program tries to switch into
the protected mode, it will be stopped with that message.

But you got luck. SCO has a supplement disk for this..
(I'd really like to know how they managed it - do they fix
windows 3.0 ?)

====================
SLS #unx268      Microsoft Windows 3.0 Support
    For: SCO UNIX                   machine: U386
Release: 3.2                           
Available on: 96tpi, 135tpi
Submitted on: 12/01/90
Description:
   This Support Level Supplement supplies support for Microsoft Windows 3.0 on
   SCO UNIX System V/386 release 3.2 and SCO VP/ix release 1.2.
====================

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