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From: bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Mylex & Micronics MB's: which?
Summary: If MYLEX doesn't run XENIX then all of my customers are liars
Keywords: mylex micronics
Message-ID: <107@mdi386.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jul 89 23:29:02 GMT
References: <28269@beta.lanl.gov>
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Organization: Wells Computer Systems Corp., Levittown, Pa. 19058
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In article <28269@beta.lanl.gov>, pt@beta.lanl.gov (Paul A. Thiessen) writes:
>   Does anyone out there have any in-depth experience with either or both
> of Mylex and Micronics 25MHz motherboards? I have heard that the Mylex
> will not run Xenix. Does it have any other compatibility problems? What
> about the Micronics?
>   If you have any information on these MB's, please let me know, as I am
> planning to buy one of them...
>       - Paul

I have been running various flavors of MYLEX boards with XENIX.. But you
DO have to get the right gate array chip to avoid the cache problem with
smart IO boards or other direct shared memory boards..

Runs like a scalded bandit.. lots of users, lots of power...
bruce
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