Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!wb3ffv!ka3ovk!raysnec!shwake From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: ATT unix on non-ATT hardware Message-ID: <136@raysnec.UUCP> Date: 20 Nov 90 21:23:09 GMT References: <1990Nov07.014539.10187@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <1990Nov15.163432.17123@dell.dell.com> <1990Nov15.225728.16481@cbnewsm.att.com> <49894@bigtex.cactus.org> Distribution: na Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch Lines: 13 >Originally, with the SysVr3 product, Dell unix was not sold on >non-Dell machines, even though it generally worked. The logic was >strictly based on support cost - *any* vendor will tell you that >support is expensive. By sticking with Dell hardware, we stuck with >machines we knew, and equally important, we could test relevant >configurations before releasing product. About two years ago, I'd contacted AT&T regarding installing their UNIX/386 on a non-ATT box. At the time, they were alone in offering the latest Bell Labs compiler, and other goodies. I was told that, while it might work, they would only support it on ATT hardware. To run on generic hardware, they referred me to Interactive! I believe they now support their Intel UNIX for use on generic hardware.