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Originally Posted by BigV
These virtual machines are possible on my Windows XP system thanks to a package called Virtual PC 2004 from Microsoft. I got the software as a gratuity for participating in some user focus group ...
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I'm not sure I understand this package.
Possibility one: the package permits you to boot into any one OS. IOW you don't have multiple OSes running simultaneously.
Poss two: each OS is configured so as to run as a task on the same Windows NT HAL. The original Windows NT did this - programs using NT, DOS, or OS/2 all could be executed on the same machine as separate and simultaneously executed tasks.
Poss three: any OS can execute as a task on NT without any special modifications as long as the OS is written in x86 code. IOW my ATLAS operating system for testing hardware could also run on XP if using Koppix.
Which possibility is reality?