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its called kvm and is just 2 years shy of turning 20
by bdhcuidbebe 3y ago
its called kvm and is just 2 years shy of turning 20
- weinzierl 3y agoNah, it's call loadlin and so old that no one seems to remember its birth.
- meepmorp 3y agoI remember loadlin. Netware used to boot that way, too - load DOS, then replace everything.
- wannacboatmovie 3y agoI vaguely remember you could exit NetWare and it would drop you back at the DOS prompt. Do I remember this correctly?
- meepmorp 3y agoIt's been a while but I don't remember that, under 3.x at least. However, according to Wikipedia: > NetWare 286 2.x normally requires a dedicated PC to act as the server, where the server uses DOS only as a to execute the operating system file NET$OS.EXE. All memory is allocated to NetWare; no DOS ran on the server. However, a "non-dedicated" version was also available for price-conscious customers. In this, DOS 3.3 or higher remains in memory, and the processor time-slices between the DOS and NetWare programs, allowing the server computer to be used simultaneously as a network file server and as a user workstation. Because all (RAM above 1 MiB) is allocated to NetWare, DOS is limited to only 640 KiB; managers that used the MMU of 80386 and higher processors, such as EMM386, do not work; 8086-style expanded memory on dedicated plug-in cards is possible however. Time slicing is accomplished using the keyboard interrupt, which requires strict compliance with the IBM PC design model, otherwise performance is affected. So, maybe that's what you're thinking of? Also, time slicing via keyboard interrupt is something.
- mikecoles 3y agoYou are an old head. Thankfully, your memory is better than mine.
- pjmlp 3y agoNaturally using umsdos.
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