DELL Computers - does XENIX run on them?
William E. Davidsen Jr
davidsen at steinmetz.ge.com
Sat Feb 18 06:14:51 AEST 1989
In article <5230 at mrspoc.UUCP> itkin at mrspoc.UUCP (Steven List) writes:
| I am thinking of buying a computer from Dell Computers. Their ads sound
| good, they've gotten good reviews in PC Magazine, and they provide on-site
| service. The big question is: Does XENIX run on them? None of their ads
It does on the 386 models. I'm running 2.3.1 on a Dell 325 with no
trouble. They use a disk controller which looks like an ST506, so you
*don't* want the ESDI version of Xenix. I've had no trouble with the 325
or the 310, but haven't tried the 286 versions with Xenix.
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bill davidsen (wedu at ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
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