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From: root@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox)
Subject: Re: Whats up with the OS/2 port of NetBSD?
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 01:52:51 GMT
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Ken Hornstein (kenh@wrl.epi.com) wrote:

: You would think that after trying this scheme on their VM mainframes, they
: would have learned how successful this is ...

Yes, but it is my understanding that doing this wouldn't be easy because
the 386 hardware cannot virtualize itself.  Otherwise it sounds like a
fine idea.

: --Ken
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