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Win 2000 and UNIX Combo Possibilities?

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Asparagus

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I need a platform that is capable of operating Unix programs as well as Windows... Is it possible to run a dual boot with Win 2000 and Unix or perhaps get a Win 2000 system that has the ability to run unix code through some sort of adapter program or something? Is this type of thing even possible?

 
You need to explain what you want to do better. Win2K has a POSIX layer but it's very minimal, you can easily dual boot Linux or a BSD.
 
We are currently using a CAD program at work called IDEAs which is installed on SGI machines... We are thinking of switching over to a PC based version of the software... but... we still have need for some UNIX capabilities to run certain apps. I was wondering whether a Win 2000 based PC is capable of running UNIX apps in either a dual boot or some sort of emulation mode?
 
That'll never work because even if Win2K had a decent POSIX layer (which it doesn't) the SGI CAD program is compiled for an entirely different processor, so Windows would have to support emulating whatever MIPS chip is in the SGI boxes too.

The best you could probably do is run an X server on the NT box and run the CAD program on the SGI box, displaying it on the NT box.
 
You could try CygWin...which is a bash shell emulator for Windows. Works ok for command-line type stuff, not sure it that would meet your "other applications" requirements.

Remote X-windows sounds like it might be your best bet, if you insist on switching to Windows.
 
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