rosso@sco.uu.net (05/31/89)
May 15, 1989 ... The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. is now accepting
orders for SCO XENIX 286 Operating System Release 2.3.2 on 5-1/4"
96tpi media for 286 AT-compatible systems. First customer ship-
ments are anticipated by late June, 1989.
The SCO XENIX 286 Operating System Release 2.3 is a fully AT&T-
licensed implementation of UNIX System V. The SCO XENIX 286
Operating System contains the full set of utilities necessary to
run XENIX applications, administer the system, edit files, and
take full advantage of the 80286 processor.
Standard features include three command processors, sh, csh, and
vsh; vi and ed editors; electronic mail; HoneyDanBer uucp and
Micnet networking; SCO MultiScreen virtual consoles configurable
with programmable function keys, including selectable colors and
program access to the hardware bit map; support for serial and
tape devices; link kit installable device drivers; terminfo and
termcap terminal description databases; mapchan 8-bit character
path with mapping; and remote console.
Changes incorporated in Release 2.3.2 include:
- Improved mouse/event driver performance.
- Support added for Summagraphics bitpad.
- Improved hardware handshaking for serial communications.
- Improved parallel printer driver.
- Performance improvements in the console driver.
- Support files added for the modular console driver.
- Improved buffer handling and error recovery on cartridge tape.
- QIC-40 and Irwin mini-cartridge tape support added.
- UUCP communications subsystem improvements.
Please contact your SCO sales representative or Authorized SCO
Reseller for more information, or send electronic mail to
{uunet, ucbvax!ucscc, sun}!sco!info, or info@sco.COM. For the
location of your nearest Authorized SCO Reseller, call
1-800-626-UNIX.
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