aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) (02/25/89)
I found a local outlet which is selling the Wyse 3216 (386/16 box)
for super cheap, and I was wondering: does it *work* for the various
flavors of UNIX? I'm most interested in Microport Sys V/386 or
Interactive 386/ix, but would also like to hear about SCO XENIX Sys
V/386 and whatever other flavors of 386 UNIX are out there.
The basic question: is there anybody out there who is running 386
UNIX on one of these boxes? The Wyse is listed in the SCO 2.2.3
manuals, but Wyse says they have their own custom SCO port.
I called Microport Tech Support about the machine, and they say it
depends on the motherboard version. (BTW, when I called Microport
I got right through to an engineer who had a list of "good" & "bad"
motherboard versions for the Wyse; I was quite impressed!) I'm a
bit wary of relying solely on motherboard version though; I heard
they had some major QC problems for awhile, and I'd hate to cross
a whole version off my list if they just had 1 bad machine...
Anyway, I would appreciate VERY MUCH if anybody running 386 UNIX on
one of the Wyse boxes could drop me a quick note with the details
(what type & version of UNIX, what motherboard rev, etc.) Please
email to the below address and will post a summary.
Thanks much!
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