MS-Windows 3.0 under Xenix and Unix

[W. Paul Zola]

In article <27DE7604.38C7 at marob.uucp> daveh at marob.uucp (Dave Hammond) writes:
}In article <9103091053.aa28114 at xenitec.on.ca>  writes:
}>I am trying to install Microsoft Windows 3.0 under two different envi-
}>ronments, namely
}>
}>1) SCO Xenix System V/386 2.3.2 with VP/ix 1.01;
}>2) Open Desktop 1.0 (SCO UNIX System V/386 3.2 with DOS Merge).
}
}According to SCO support, MS-Windows 3.0 can not work under VP/IX since
}it requires 286 or 386 protected mode and VP/IX provides only virtual
}8086 emulation.
}
}--
}Dave Hammond
}daveh at marob.uucp
}uunet!rutgers!phri!marob!daveh

This is not correct.  Microsoft Windows 3.0 will run *in real mode
only* on SCO UNIX if you:  (1) are running SCO VP/ix 1.2.0 and (2)
have installed Support Level Supplement (SLS) unx268.  SLS unx268
won't install on SCO MPX or on the SCO 286 or 386 XENIX Operating
Systems.

MS-Windows 3.0 won't run _in protected mode_ under VP/ix, in much
the same manner as it won't run in protected mode on a 8086-based
machine.  SLS unx268 simply makes sure that Windows "thinks" its
installing on an 8086-based machine, and Windows takes care of the
rest.

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Paul Zola			Software Support Engineer 
				paulz at sco.COM 
Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.  - Emily Saliers
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