Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:12040 comp.unix.i386:5871 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!cdin-1!fred From: fred@cdin-1.UUCP (Fred Rump) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Monochrome VGA not supported by SCO Message-ID: <1230@cdin-1.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 90 16:12:12 GMT References: Reply-To: fred@cdin-1.COMPU.COM(Fred Rump) Organization: CompuData, Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA Lines: 44 Keywords: In article ron@mlfarm.uucp (Ronald Florence) writes: >This is a sad tale of broken promises and false assurances. > >In August of last year, I ordered an upgrade to Xenix 2.3.2, which I >was assured by the salesperson at SCO "would fully support the VGA [discussion of promises made deleted] >In other words, although they have the needed fix, SCO will not >release it -- even to bring Xenix up to the level of functionality >they promised when they sold the upgrade to version 2.3.2. Those of >us with monochrome displays are left in the lurch. >I have been a loyal SCO customer for many years. If broken promises >are the reward for that loyalty, I will think long and hard about >where to look for the next version of Unix. This is no way to treat >a friend! This is not nice! I would have thought more of SCO 'marketing' folks had I not read the above note. We, too, have several mono VGA's waiting here for functionality. I just assumed it was just a matter of time, not policy, before the fix was made available. I can certainly understand that somewhere along the way the line is drawn as far as enhancements go with Xenix, but this is a product deficiency that needs to be resolved before the curtain can be drawn. I hope marketing at SCO will not fall victim to buraucratic bungling just to make a point and release this fix to those who request it. fred -- Fred Rump | UUCP: {uunet dsinc}!cdin-1!fred CompuData, Inc. | "Beware of cats for they are subtle and will .... on 10501 Drummond Rd. | your computer." Philadelphia, Pa. 19154| Internet: fred@COMPU.COM (215-824-3000)