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From: jhl@frith.uucp (John Lawitzke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Can 386SX run UNIX ?
Message-ID: <1990Nov16.130110.29538@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 90 13:01:10 GMT
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From article <1990Nov15.155750.3539@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov>, by kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley	):
$ In article <1990Nov15.122135.28079@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> wongl@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Glenn N Woodland) writes:
$>
$>But one person told us that 386SX cannot run UNIX, whatever which version
$>it is. Is this true? What's the reason behind it? Otherwise a 386 has to
$>purchased instead.
$>
$ 
$ This is utter hogwash.  A 386 is a 386 is a 386....

True. I've run SCO Xenix, SCO UNIX, Interactive UNIX, and Intel UNIX Sys
V Rel 4 on 16MHz 386SX's.

$ I ran ESIX on my 386SX for nine months while I saved my pennies to buy
$ a 486.  Intel reference manuals unequivocally state that SX and DX are
$ 100% compatable.  Just don't expect to address beyond the 20-bit address
$ space of the SX.
 
I believe you mean 24-bit address space.

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