dacseg@uts.amdahl.com (Scott E. Garfinkle) (08/17/89)
From article <1711@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, by davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody): > In article <17144@ut-emx.UUCP> allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) writes: > > | ...I do know that Intel says their UNIX won't run > | on a 386sx ( you figure the company that makes the processor would > | know what to change :-). I don't know about the other UNIX vendors. > > Has anyone else verified this? Several 386SX vendors have sworn to me > that their systems would run Xenix and UNIX. Is this something > particular to Intel? I have personally used the new SCO Unix on a more or less "generic" 386sx box with no problem. I think that Intel's comment is probably largely irrelevant, at best. Scott E. Garfinkle
shap@bunker.UUCP (Joseph D. Shapiro) (08/22/89)
In article <9dda02id4bQ.01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> dacseg@uts.amdahl.com (Scott E. Garfinkle) writes: >I have personally used the new SCO Unix on a more or less "generic" 386sx >box with no problem. I think that Intel's comment is probably largely >irrelevant, at best. > Scott E. Garfinkle Is that a 386 specific unix or one that will also run on 286's? -- __--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__ Joe Shapiro "My other car is a turbo... ISC-Bunker Ramo ...too." {decvax,yale,philabs,oliveb}!bunker!shap
grant@clleth.UUCP (Grant Fengstad) (08/26/89)
In article <6912@bunker.UUCP>, shap@bunker.UUCP (Joseph D. Shapiro) writes: > > Is that a 386 specific unix or one that will also run on 286's? > No, the 80386SX uses 32 bit internal registers and is fully programmable compabitible with the 80386. The only thing it shares with the 80286 is the 16 bit data path. > -- > __--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__--__ > Joe Shapiro "My other car is a turbo... > ISC-Bunker Ramo ...too." > {decvax,yale,philabs,oliveb}!bunker!shap -- Grant M. Fengstad "The ideas expressed are my own - not my employers" Sr. CSR, Systems Integration - ComputerLand (Canada) UUCP: !uunet!{ubc-cs|utai}!calgary!xenlink!clroslyn!clleth!grant "There's nothing worse than a confirmed fanatic"