Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!bfmny0!tneff From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Microsoft Word & (SCO) Unix 3.2 Message-ID: <14615@bfmny0.UUCP> Date: 1 Sep 89 22:10:12 GMT References: <7227@megatest.UUCP> <32271@ism780c.isc.com> <5890@ficc.uu.net> <432@zeus.hf.intel.com> Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) Organization: ^ Lines: 27 In article <432@zeus.hf.intel.com> hays@farside.UUCP (Kirk Hays) writes: >In article <5890@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > [long discussion about using XENIX Intel UDI tools under SYSV, pointing > out that the emulator allocates 64K segments for every memory request, > causing system performance degradation] >...Also, it might help, in the long run, to call your Intel sales office >and say that you want UNIX native versions of these tools available >(you've probably already done this, right?) There seems to be some question about how "official" its status is, but the RMK386 Developers Kit (for Unix V/386) comes with an OMF loader and UDI emulator called UNXUDI, and brother, NOTHING touches it for performance. Compiles and links run lightning fast. Using the DOS hosted tools for everything is such a royal pain I've completely given it up. The groaning latency required to get all of VP/ix's little doohickies up and running from the UNIX shell will drive you nuts. And there are limitations on where and how VP/ix will work, as we all know and rejoice. :-) I don't think this works for the 286 tools, but I could be wrong. There may be something else that does. I'm hopeful that having bought Bell Tech, Intel will see the light and come on board to UNIX as a fully hosted environment for all tools. -- Annex Canada now! We need the room, \) Tom Neff and who's going to stop us. (\ tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET