goer@sophist.uucp (Richard Goerwitz) (07/17/89)
Sorry: Has anyone installed Xenix on a system based on a 25 Mhz
Micronics (or other Micronics) motherboard? I keep trying to get
a hold of SCO for information like this, but it's impossible to
get through, and the salespeople don't return calls in cases of
mundane (but very important to ME) questions.
-Richard L. Goerwitz
goer@sophist.uchicago.edu
rutgers!oddjob!gide!sophist!goermmonegan@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Michael Monegan) (07/18/89)
Good question! I have been trying (just looked in my notebook) since June 5th to get XENIX 386 2.3.1 and (later) 2.3.2 386GT to install on my clone with a Micronics Baby 386-20. No go. Looks like I'll be getting a refund soon the way I've been treated by SCO technical support. Apparently, the problem has to do with some cryptic code that no one understands at SCO. This code supposedly checks the memory on the way up. If things go wrong, it just hangs at some point. Real good! --Mike
jim@tiamat.fsc.com (Jim O'Connor) (07/20/89)
In article <13280003@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>, mmonegan@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Michael Monegan) writes: > > Good question! > > I have been trying (just looked in my notebook) since June 5th to get > XENIX 386 2.3.1 and (later) 2.3.2 386GT to install on my clone with > a Micronics Baby 386-20. No go. Looks like I'll be getting a refund soon I have a Micronics Baby 80386 20MHz motherboard with the Pheonix BIOS and it runs SCO Xenix 386 2.3.1 just fine. I have only 1 meg of RAM (no comments, please) in the system at this time, so maybe I'm headed for trouble later on, but right now it runs like a champ. --jim ------------- James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com Filtration Sciences Corporation 615/821-4022 x. 651 *** Altos users unite! mail to "info-altos-request@tiamat.fsc.com" ***
macy@fmsystm.UUCP (Macy Hallock) (07/22/89)
In article <4486@tank.uchicago.edu> goer@sophist.UUCP (Richard Goerwitz) writes: >Sorry: Has anyone installed Xenix on a system based on a 25 Mhz >Micronics (or other Micronics) motherboard? You bet. I am using 20mhz non-cached Micronics push (16mhz 386 chip) boards and they run just fine. Never tried the caching versoins, but Micronics told me they work OK, too, and I believe them. BTW - I chose non-caching to prevent problems with my multiuser RS-232 boards (I was more conservative 10 mo. ago with 386 stuff than I am now) >I keep trying to get >a hold of SCO for information like this, but it's impossible to >get through, and the salespeople don't return calls in cases of >mundane (but very important to ME) questions. > And they won't either... I think it very unlikely SCO has tried every brand of 386 motherboard on the market. Truly thorough testing is time consuming and expensive... and the manufacturers keep changing things on the boards, too. SCO tests the major brands of assembled systems and leaves the rest to VARS, integrators and manufacturers. SCO has become popular enough that I have talked to several motherboard mfr's who have taken it upon themselves to test their products with SCO Xenix (and DOS and Novell). These are the kind of mfr's I will buy from in the future! Macy Hallock fmsystm!macy@NCoast.ORG F M Systems, Inc. hal!ncoast!fmsystm!macy 150 Highland Dr. uunet!aablue!fmsystm!macy Medina, OH 44256 Voice: 216-723-3000 X251 Disclaimer: My advice is worth what you paid for it. Your milage may vary.