catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone) (08/23/89)
Hello. A friend of mine without net access is running Informix 3.2 (circa 1984, pre-SQL Informix) under Xenix 3.1A on an Altos 986 (interchangeable with the Altos 586). His company uses Informix for their payroll and billing receivables. Of course, the Altos box is dying. They have a Nec Powermate (an XT compatible, as far as I can tell) with a 40 meg hard disk. Will the Powermate run a version of Xenix, either out of the box or with the addition of a 286 accelerator card? Better yet, do Xenix versions maintain media (i.e. disk) compatibility, so that they can transfer their data and text files directly instead of through uucp/whatever? If the Powermate won't run Xenix, what are the most compatible pieces of Informix under DOS to buy so that the applications can be moved over? Losing multiuser capability is no problem, it's no longer needed. Thanks in advance for any help. I don't think this is of very general interest, so feel free to reply to me directly, but I'll scan the newsgroups involved so followups are fine too. - Tony catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu catone@wharton.upenn.edu