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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk!lessen From: lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: DOS/Windows under 386bsd (is there such?) Date: 27 May 1993 13:14:09 GMT Organization: BT Laboratories Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1u2er1$foe@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <1993May20.234750.5815@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1993May21.135304.21185@cm.cf.ac.uk> <BLYMN.93May26170510@siren.awadi.com.au> <1tvrvo$eqa@umd5.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: jammy.axion.bt.co.uk It's my understanding that all of the IO functionality of windows applications is handled by the DLL's, calls to which are resolved at load/run time. If this is the case, then it must be possible to have a system that provides all the functionality of the DLL's but for X, so you could run windows applications under X on a [34]86 system running unix. I'm sure that there are a million reasons why this can't be done! (If it were possible, I'm sure a lot more people would trash their DOS/Windows partitions - I know I would!) Anyway, just an idea... Lee.