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Subject: Microport 5.3, DOS-Merge, and NDP Fortran
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 14:26:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  3 14:26:43 1987
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I am interested in porting a large mainframe package to the PC realm.
For reasons outside of my control, we are restricted to IBM compatible
'386 machines.
     
As an OS, Microport Unix Ver 5.3, using DOS-Merge appears to be an attractive
environment.  Specifically I am interested in replys to the following
questions:
     
   1) Any comments on the quality of the implementation of the Microport
      Unix?
     
   2) How PC DOS compatible is DOS-Merge?
     
   3) Can MS Windows 1.X or greater runs under DOS-Merge?
     
   4) Any comments on Microway's NDP FORTRAN 386 running under Microport's Unix
     
   5) Can I switch between Unix and DOS easily?
     
     
Thanks.  Please reply to me directly.
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Terry Harrison
Management Science Department
336 Beam Business Administration Building
Penn State University
University Park, PA  16802
(814) 863-3357
     
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