Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) (09/20/89)
Is the Intel 386SX chip compatible with OS/2 version 1.2? I visited a clone shop in my area today and they claim that the Intel-manufactured 386SX motherboard does not currently support OS/2! They added that Intel had sent them instructions on how to jumper the board to make it OS/2 compatible, and they further claimed that version 6 of the 386SX will be compatible with OS/2, version 1.2. Has anyone else had problems in this area? Can the above facts be verified? Finally, are there any problems with letting them jumper the motherboard (version 5 of the 386SX chip) to work with OS/2? Thanks, Will
wozniak@utkux1.utk.edu (Bryon Lape) (09/20/89)
OS/2 is designed for the 286, so the 386SX should work. Of course you need a minimum of 4 meg to do anything with it. -bryon-
cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn) (09/21/89)
In article <22296@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes:
$Is the Intel 386SX chip compatible with OS/2 version 1.2? I visited a
$clone shop in my area today and they claim that the Intel-manufactured
$386SX motherboard does not currently support OS/2! They added that Intel
$had sent them instructions on how to jumper the board to make it OS/2
$compatible, and they further claimed that version 6 of the 386SX will
$be compatible with OS/2, version 1.2.
I can't imagine why OS/2 wouldn't work with the 386SX for two reaons:
a) OS/2 is a 286 program and so, even if the SX and the DX aren't fully
compatible, it should still work on the SX
b) The 386SX is supposed to be identical to the 386DX (the new name for what
we used to simply call the 386) in every aspect except the external
bus interface, and should run the same software identically (other than
in speed, of course)
Has anyone actually had problems with the 386SX not being fully compatible
with the DX?
Perhaps when they said "version 5 isn't compatible unless you jumper
the boArd, but version 6 will be" they were talking about a revision number
of the motherboard, and not the chip ... it may just be that OS/2 expects
something of the hardware that Intel didn't design into their motherboard.
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Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
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