curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt Sampson) (06/23/91)
I'm currently running SCO Xenix 2.3.2 on a 12 MHz 286 machine. I need more CPU power, so I want to upgrade my motherboard. Now, there are 25 MHz 286 motherboards available, but I'll probably be selling this system eventually and buying a workstation, so I was thinking that it might be a better idea to get a 25 MHz 386DX, which would hold more of its value. I talked to a friend who ran 286 Xenix on a 386 motherboard and he said that he had a problem with compress that would cause the system to crash, and had to upgrade to 386 Xenix right away. I don't have the money to do this at the moment, and I'd rather not spend the money at all if I can avoid it. Has anybody else out there run a 286 Xenix on a 386? Are there any differences between the 286 and the 386 (and their associated support circuitry) that should cause problems? Dare I try this? I'm redirecting followups to comp.unix.xenix.sco. cjs -- "I suspect the principle difference between us is that I spend a lot of time walking around the tree trying to find the best way to shake it while you are more concerned with whether an axe or a chainsaw is more appropriate for cutting the tree down" --Stephen Smoliar, to Eliot Handelman