curci@loligo.fsu.edu (Ray Curci) (11/17/88)
I have an IBM PS/2 model 50Z and would like to run some form of UNIX. The 50Z is similar to a model 50 except that is has faster memory access and a different hard disk controller (I am told). I have sent off and received literature from uport and sco. In the Q/A section of the SEP/OCT 1988 DISCOVER newsletter from Santa Cruz Operation it says that SCO Xenix release 2.2.2 is not compatible due to the new hard disk controller, but a fix is available from SCO "PS/2 Model 50Z ESDI Fix" (SLF xnx100). The article also says that the standard release 2.3 distribution will work. I have spoken to the people at Microport, but have only been able to reach non-technical sales people who don't understand the question. I can only get the response "Well, since our product is ps/2 model 50 compatible, it should have no problem working with the ps/2 model 80. Is anyone on the net using a real ps/2 model 50Z with either Microport or SCO Xenix? If so, what version of the o/s are you using? Have you noticed any problems with this configuration? I have had some bad personal experiences with the 286 version of microport v1.3.6 about a year ago, and don't want to have another bad experience. Thank you for your time, raymond curci egghead engineering uucp: ...{gatech,uflorida,smart-ip-host}!stat.fsu.edu!egghead!curci inet: curci%egghead.uucp@stat.fsu.edu
plocher@uport.UUCP (John Plocher) (11/18/88)
In article <119@loligo.fsu.edu> curci@loligo.fsu.edu (Ray Curci) writes: >I have an IBM PS/2 model 50Z and would like to run some form of UNIX. >The 50Z is similar to a model 50 except that is has faster memory >access and a different hard disk controller (I am told). I have sent off Microport is currently selling Unix Vr2 for the PS2/60 (286) with support for ONLY the st-506 hard disk controller. (* Off the soapbox, IMHO: (I'm not involved at all with the PS/2 engineering) Support for the ESDI controller (and the Model [78]0) "should" be avaliable late 1Q89. If the Model 50Z uses the same ESDI controller as the 60/70/80, this new version "should" also work on it. *) -John Plocher