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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Can I upgrade PC/XT clone to 386(SX) machine?
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Date: 22 Jul 89 19:42:37 GMT
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It's pretty much the same scenario as when you do a motherboard swap to an
AT.  Some 8-bit cards will have to go and be replaced with AT or 386 cards,
but one thing I have noted (at least for an AT) is that 8-bit XT hard drive
controllers can be hit over the head with a proverbial hammer to work under
MS-DOS and Minix.  However, if anything demands to see a 16-bit controller
you are out of luck.  Fortunately DOS goes through the BIOS and Minix is
written in such a modular fashion that it is easy to make an AT run off of an
XT controller.
 

 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * Flames: /dev/null (on my Minix partition)
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * APRA  : crash!pnet01!jca@nosc.mil
  * INET  : jca@pnet01.cts.com
  * UUCP  : {nosc ucsd hplabs!hd-sdd}!crash!pnet01!jca
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#include <disclaimer.h>

void main (void)
{

#if defined (MSDOS) || defined (OS2) || defined (VMS)
 printf ("You call that an operating system???\n");
#else
 printf ("Unix might not be perfect...\n");
 printf ("  ...but it's the best I've seen thus far...\n");
#endif
}