Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!uunet!mcrware!davely
From: davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS9000
Keywords: 386sx OS9000
Message-ID: <1412@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 89 21:15:15 GMT
References: <1646@esquire.UUCP>
Reply-To: davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons)
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
Lines: 32

In article <1646@esquire.UUCP> wynkoop@esquire.UUCP (Brett Wynkoop) writes:
>
>Greeting-
>     Has anyone out there gotten os9000 running in a real world setup yet?
>I know Microware has it running in house, but I have read nothing about
>anyone using it yet.  Microware tells me that as delivered it will run on
>any 386 or 386sx that is on the market.  This sounds pretty good as a 16
>Mhz 386sx is about $1300 with Hard drive.  I just do not want to be the
>first to try the setup out with my own hard earned $.  Besides I am still
>partial to the Motorola processors although it is hard to get
>hardware/software for them.
>
>-Brett

We have just started shipping the 386 PC/AT version of OS-9000.  I know
it runs on Compaq's 386sx machine, Gateway 2000's 25Mhz 386, AST's Pre-
mium 386, and Leading Edge's 386 machine.  If you have a 386/386sx PC/AT
compatible machine with the AT compatible hard disk controller it should 
run without any problem.  The ROM's and non-volatile RAM on the PC/AT
type machines provide enough information about the configuration that 
you shouldn't need to modify any descriptors etc. to make it run.  There
is support for DOS partitions on hard disks so that both MS-DOS and OS-9000
can use the same drive.  Anyhow, since we just started shipping it may
be a week or so before any opinions are formulated.

Dave

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