kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) (09/27/84)
Ok people, it is nasty rumor dispell (?) time again. Many thanks
to the responses that totally obliterated the last nasty rumor:
the Xenix port that Microsoft is doing for the AT *does* run
in the 286s protected mode. Thanks to the respondents from
Microsoft and the Santa Cruz operation for lending a voice
of authority to all this, and also to the IBM product announcement
blurb. My confusion arose from the current (not 3 months hence)
availibility of non-protected Xenix (the same as on the XT) for
the AT.
New nasty rumor: Xenix for the AT comes sans uucp. Apparently
because of configuration/support problems. I'm not sure whether
people here think this is a problem, what with all the potential
new uucp nodes this might create, but I certainly would think
twice about another software/hardware package if it at least wasn't
available somewhere. Anyway, here's hoping that it didn't get
"unbundled" never to return.....
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I've got one, two, three, four, five senses working overtime,
trying to take this all in!
Ken Shoemaker, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca.
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---the above views are personal. They may not represent those of Intel.