DOS under Xenix

[Peter da Silva]

In article <345 at fsc2086.UU.NET>, jim at fsc2086.UU.NET (Jim O'Connor) writes:
> In today's world of TB+ modems (and its similar companions in the 9600 baud
> world) are we really to consider 2400 to be a *reasonable* baud rate?

In todays world of TB+ modems and protocol spoofing, are we really to
consider DOS to be a *reasonable* working environment? If you really need
a chatty little modem program, use pcomm under SV/386 and forget about
DOS. As for me, the only protocol I use these days is uucp-g.

The only use for VPIX is programs that can't be found for UNIX. Stuff like
Locust 1-2-3, or Weirdstar or AutoCAD. There are enough PD options for
terminal work that there's no point waiting around for DOS. Term programs
are a particularly bad case... under DOS they're one of the biggest CPU hogs.
Under UNIX they're one of the lightest loads.
-- 
Peter da Silva  `-_-'  Ferranti International Controls Corporation
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