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From: schaefer@imag.imag.fr (Arno Schaefer)
Subject: Re: Need advice: Which OS to port to?
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References: <233o0b$sr9@access.digex.net> <1993Jul28.081737.16319@int-evry.fr> <3390@vall.dsv.su.se>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1993 11:39:21 GMT
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In article <3390@vall.dsv.su.se>, patrik@dsv.su.se (Patrik Nyblom) writes:

|> Otherwise Unix/Xenix sounds good, but I'm afraid you have to rewrite your 
|> graphical routines, at least in some ways. Well, bios is the same, but DOS 
|> isn't there. 

Bios is not there. You can't use the Bios in a multitasking environment
(well, at least that's the case with the disk bios - I am not 100% sure
about the video bios, but I don't think it's any different).

Regards,

Arno

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