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From: dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX/PS2 Running on Clones?
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Date: 27 Nov 90 15:04:49 GMT
References: <1990Nov13.150450.18758@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1990Nov19.113340@fenway.aix.kingston.ibm.com> <19900@oolong.la.locus.com>
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In article <19900@oolong.la.locus.com> brian@electra.la.locus.com (Brian D. Horn) writes:
>	There is no guarantee of AIX running on non-PS/2 machines, however
>it will run on non-MCA machines (just don't complain when something
>doesn't work).  The biggest problem one might run into is the console
>driver, but if the card is VGA compatible even that might work.  Other
>device drivers - you're on your own.

I'd imagine that the disk driver would be a possible source of problems,
since IBM's embedded ESDI disks have a rather unusual controller
which does not look at all like your typical MFM/RLL AT-bus controller.
(I know AIX PS/2 1.2 added support for the Mod 55 with its MFM disk.
I don't know whether it looks like most AT-bus type controllers.)

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