[comp.unix.aix] AIX Access on Zenith Z-386

wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) (09/11/90)

I have been trying to run AIX Access version 1.1.1 on a Zenith Z-386 
with MS-DOS 4.01.  The drivers load OK, but when after pccinit runs,
the system will hang if you try to use any of the resident MS-DOS
commands (DIR, TYPE, etc.).  I am using a 3Com 3C503 ethernet card.
It will also hang if I just install it for RS-232.

Is AIX-Access not compatible with the Zenith?
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				Jeff Wieland
			    wieland@acn.purdue.edu

resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) (09/11/90)

wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:

>I have been trying to run AIX Access version 1.1.1 on a Zenith Z-386 
>with MS-DOS 4.01.
             ^^^^
>Is AIX-Access not compatible with the Zenith?

It's 4.01 that's screwing you up. AADU is not compatible with it. Use 3.30.

pr
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wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) (09/11/90)

In article <1990Sep10.221943.21969@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes:
>wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
>>I have been trying to run AIX Access version 1.1.1 on a Zenith Z-386 
>>with MS-DOS 4.01.
>>Is AIX-Access not compatible with the Zenith?
>It's 4.01 that's screwing you up. AADU is not compatible with it. Use 3.30.

Of course, this means that it won't work with the PS/2's that IBM has
been shipping for some months now with PC-DOS 4.01.  I don't have DOS 3.3
for my Zenith -- it came with 4.01, and the 70 meg hard drive is formatted
as one large partition.  I hope that IBM will fix this, because we're dead 
in the water now.  Is this another product that is OEM'ed from Locus?  
It appears to be from the startup screen.
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				Jeff Wieland
			    wieland@acn.purdue.edu

RAH@IBM.COM ("Russell A. Heise") (12/15/90)

 wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:

 > I have been trying to run AIX Access version 1.1.1 on a Zenith Z-386
 > with MS-DOS 4.01.  The drivers load OK, but when after pccinit runs,
 > the system will hang if you try to use any of the resident MS-DOS
 > commands (DIR, TYPE, etc.).  I am using a 3Com 3C503 ethernet card.
 > It will also hang if I just install it for RS-232.
 >
 > Is AIX-Access not compatible with the Zenith?

 AIX Access for DOS Users is *only* compatible with DOS 3.3.  This is a
 limitation of the AADU package.  If this poses a problem, contact your
 local IBM rep and impress strongly upon him/her your needs and concerns.

Russ Heise, AIX Technical Support, IBM