Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!karl
From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Can you run Sys V/AT on a 386 box?
Summary: We did this for a coupe of months; it works.
Message-ID: <1989Jul23.060028.10846@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 23 Jul 89 06:00:28 GMT
References: <225@opel.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
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In article <225@opel.UUCP> johnk@opel.UUCP (John Kennedy) writes:
>Question:
>
>Is there any reason that a Sys V/AT wouldn't run on a 386 CPU board?
>Granted, there are unique initializations for the 386 processor, 
>but shouldn't that be handled by the BIOS before boot?
>
>Anyone doing this?  It seems like a nice migration step.

We did this for about two months.

It works -- you have effectively a fast '286.

It is no less or more buggy than the straight 286 microport though, which may 
be either a blessing or a curse :-)

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