duc@mport.COM (Richard Ducoty) (12/18/90)
Microport is now offering a 25% discount on any SVR4 purchase to owners
of ANY Unix/Xenix system. You must send Microport your the distribution
disks of your old system as proof of ownership. The offer is good for
any 286 version as well as 386 version.
For more information please call our sales deptartment @ 1.800.FOR.UNIX
or 1.408.438.8649 7am to 5pm PST.
Richard Ducoty \\\\!////
Microport Inc. ``(.)(.)' root@mport.com
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" militiae species amor est "tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (12/18/90)
Does anyone else remember the comp.unix.sco contretemps? Remember who the big SCO boosters were? I doooooo.... Lawzy, how times does change.
rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) (12/19/90)
duc@mport.COM (Richard Ducoty) writes: > Microport is now offering a 25% discount on any SVR4 purchase to owners > of ANY Unix/Xenix system... > ...The offer is good for > any 286 version as well as 386 version. Does this mean there's a SVR4 for the 286?!? Far out! I've been wondering what to do with my old machine, since attempts to upgrade it have failed. Or does it mean I can send in my old diskettes *and* CPU, and get SVR4 and a CPU upgrade? [Sorry (sort of:-)...] Seriously, what's Microport doing about the 286? Anything? I certainly won't be critical of any company that's no longer interested in the 286, but it would be interesting to know if Microport has any plans to dust off old Microport's 286 AT product. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 ...Mr. Natural says, "Use the right tool for the job."
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/20/90)
As quoted from <1990Dec18.233846.3379@ico.isc.com> by rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn): +--------------- | duc@mport.COM (Richard Ducoty) writes: | > Microport is now offering a 25% discount on any SVR4 purchase to owners | > of ANY Unix/Xenix system... | > ...The offer is good for | > any 286 version as well as 386 version. | | Does this mean there's a SVR4 for the 286?!? Far out! I've been wondering | what to do with my old machine, since attempts to upgrade it have failed. | Or does it mean I can send in my old diskettes *and* CPU, and get SVR4 and | a CPU upgrade? [Sorry (sort of:-)...] +--------------- Speaking of oddball systems and good Unixes.... No 386 Unix in existence supports XT clones with Inboard 386 or similar upgrade cards, primarily because of the hard drive. But interrupts, etc. are often configurable. I don't expect to get a screaming machine out of it, obviously (an 8-bit bus won't deliver too well), but I'd like to know if I can make a 386 Unix (preferably SVR4) work on an XT clone with an Inboard-386 by changing interrupts or other configurables, or is there something else changed/ missing/interfering that makes use of XT hard drives impractical/impossible? Of course, with a maximum of 3MB memory in the Inboard, there's some limits to what I can accomplish anyway. But I want to get off of DOS and I can't afford to dump a few thousand on a new computer *plus* a thousand or so for Unix. (And the upgrade offers don't help mitigate the cost since I can't run 286/386 Unix on here now.) Anyone know what can be accomplished in this case? Please reply via mail, chances are nobody else is interested.... ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY
tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) (12/20/90)
In <1990Dec18.233846.3379@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes: >Seriously, what's Microport doing about the 286? Anything? I certainly >won't be critical of any company that's no longer interested in the 286, >but it would be interesting to know if Microport has any plans to dust off >old Microport's 286 AT product. Why, they're *selling* that old product. You can't tell from the sales literature if this is the same old release 2.4 the old uPort released TWO years ago, but there's no indication that it's not. Price is $649 for the 2-user version and $898 for the unlimited version. Amazing. It does appear, that they're throwing in DOS-Merge for this price, but, as I recall, this never worked anyway... -- UUCP: {rutgers|ames|uunet}!mimsy!woodb!fallst!tkevans INTERNET: tkevans%fallst@wb3ffv.ampr.org Tim Evans 2201 Brookhaven Ct, Fallston, MD 21047
tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer) (12/21/90)
In article <1872@fallst.UUCP> tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes: > <Deleted article reference by Dick Dunn asking what is Microport doing about V/AT> > >Why, they're *selling* that old product. You can't tell from the sales >literature if this is the same old release 2.4 the old uPort released >TWO years ago, but there's no indication that it's not. Price is $649 >for the 2-user version and $898 for the unlimited version. > >It does appear, that they're throwing in DOS-Merge for this price, but, >as I recall, this never worked anyway... Just a nit - I used to run Microport V/AT 2.4, I had DOS-Merge version 2.0, it worked for me. I've since upgraded to a 386, but have gone the Minix-386 root (guess I'm just an OS hacker at heart!). -- Thomas V. Frauenhofer, WA2YYW, tvf@cci.com | "Death is Irrelevant. {uupsi,ccicpg}!cci632!tvf@uunet.uu.net | One time I saw an elephant in tvf@frau.UUCP | my pajamas - how he got there I tvf1477@ma.cs.rit.edu | don't know!" - Groucho Borg
jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) (12/23/90)
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes: >Speaking of oddball systems and good Unixes.... > >No 386 Unix in existence supports XT clones with Inboard 386 or similar >upgrade cards, primarily because of the hard drive. But interrupts, etc. are >often configurable. I don't expect to get a screaming machine out of it, >obviously (an 8-bit bus won't deliver too well), but I'd like to know if I can >make a 386 Unix (preferably SVR4) work on an XT clone with an Inboard-386 by >changing interrupts or other configurables, or is there something else changed/ >missing/interfering that makes use of XT hard drives impractical/impossible? > >Of course, with a maximum of 3MB memory in the Inboard, there's some limits to >what I can accomplish anyway. But I want to get off of DOS and I can't afford >to dump a few thousand on a new computer *plus* a thousand or so for Unix. >(And the upgrade offers don't help mitigate the cost since I can't run 286/386 >Unix on here now.) > >Anyone know what can be accomplished in this case? To my knowledge. All you can do is run SCO Xenix. Xenix supports the Inboard 386. But I don't know about how well the Inboard 386/PC works. // JCA /* **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* ** Flames : /dev/null | What to buy? ** ARPANET : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil | EISA or MCA? ** INTERNET: jca@pnet01.cts.com | When will the bus wars end? ** UUCP : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca **--------------------------------------------------------------------------* */
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/24/90)
As quoted from <6465@crash.cts.com> by jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau): +--------------- | allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes: | >Speaking of oddball systems and good Unixes.... | > | >No 386 Unix in existence supports XT clones with Inboard 386 or similar | >upgrade cards, primarily because of the hard drive. But interrupts, etc. are | >often configurable. I don't expect to get a screaming machine out of it, | >obviously (an 8-bit bus won't deliver too well), but I'd like to know if I can | >make a 386 Unix (preferably SVR4) work on an XT clone with an Inboard-386 by | >changing interrupts or other configurables, or is there something else changed/ | >missing/interfering that makes use of XT hard drives impractical/impossible? | | To my knowledge. All you can do is run SCO Xenix. Xenix supports the | Inboard 386. But I don't know about how well the Inboard 386/PC works. +--------------- A common misconception. Xenix/386 supports the Inboard-386/AT *only*. It does *not* support the 386/PC because there's no CMOS and hard disk driver differences. I'm trying to find out from people who are familiar with hard disk drivers for both XT and AT-class machines if there's some way to fake it. There ARE no out-of-the-box solutions, I'm looking for out-and-out hacks (of the build-it-with-an-axe sort). ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY
duc@mport.COM (Richard Ducoty) (12/25/90)
tkevans@fallst.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes: >Why, they're *selling* that old product. You can't tell from the sales >literature if this is the same old release 2.4 the old uPort released >TWO years ago, but there's no indication that it's not. Price is $649 >for the 2-user version and $898 for the unlimited version. =============================================================== We do sell a 286 version, the $649/$898 prices are for complete systems with Text Processing System, Software Development, etc. A Runtime version is available for $275 (2-user) & $550 (unlimited). \\\\\\\\\ Richard Ducoty \\\ Microport Inc. [ (.)(.) root@mport.com voice=> (408) 438-8649 > duc@mport.com fax=> (408) 438-7560 - uunet!mport!duc " militiae species amor est "