Help! -- Can't get IBM Xenix to run on IBM AT

[David Cohen]

One of the programmers in our office found a set of IBM's Xenix
shrink-wrapped in a garbage can. When I tried to install it on 
an IBM PC AT I was stymied. First, I could not get it to
read the hard disk for bad tracks as instructed in the installation
manual. After deciding to bypass that and access Xenix directly,
I typed fd /xenix.fd and Xenix came up but the screen was all
messed up, flickering like crazy and displaying the correct
information but in 5 or more different places. Since this is
version 1.0, I presume that the programmers at Microsoft
wrote things in a non-standard fashion and since there were no
EGA cards then (I have an IBM EGA card in the AT) the program
can't handle it. Xenix does seem to function though. I have not
proceeded further with the installation since I am not happy about
the program not working when it is supposed to scan the hard disk for
bad tracks nor am I happy about this screen problem -- I do not wish to
risk trashing anything on the hard disk by installing a flaky OS on it
and this seems kind of flaky. I am using DOS 3.1 on the AT, which came
after the 1984 of Xenix 1.0, but still this should not be happening.

Is this something fixable or must I track down a later version? Can I
get a later version from IBM or am I stuck? Thanks in advance for
any advice you can offer.

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DC  (David Cohen)

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