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From: steve@nshore.uucp (Stephen J. Walick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: What's the latest XENIX version?
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.000818.65@nshore.uucp>
Date: 15 Dec 90 00:08:18 GMT
References: <1990Dec10.185212.8908@intsys.no> <1990Dec14.052710.780@robot.in-berlin.de>
Reply-To: steve@nshore.uucp (Stephen J. Walick)
Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco
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As quoted from <1990Dec14.052710.780@robot.in-berlin.de> by karl@robot.in-berlin.de (Karl-P. Huestegge):

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| ra@intsys.no (Robert Andersson) writes:
| 
| >I wanted to upgrade to the latest versions, and get online documentation,
| >so I called the Norwegian XENIX distributor.  They told me:
| >2.3.2 is the latest OS version.
| >2.3.0 is the latest Dev.sys. version.
| >1.2.0 is latest VP/IX version, upgrade cost is $260.
| >You cannot get online manuals for XENIX 2.3.
| 
| >Surely this must be wrong, I thought that:
| >2.3.3 is the latest OS version.  Or can I simply get the SCO support level 
| >      supplement xnx155b?  Is 2.3.2 + xnx155b = 2.3.3?
| >2.3.1 is the latest Dev.sys version, with lng244 a recommended SLS patch.
| >The text processing system is at the 2.3 level and contains online manuals.
| >Am I right?  Is the distributor right? 
| 
| Both are right ;-)
| 
| The OS 2.3.3 is more a 'virtual' release number.
| You buy the 2.3.2 OS  plus VP/ix. Then You apply the Vp/ix Update A
| and get OS 2.3.3.
| You can't buy an OS package labeled 2.3.3.
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What's this "'virtual' release number" business all about.  SCO-Xenix
2.3.3 is an "actual" releave version of the Xenix Operating System.
Robert Andersson is very correct in his assumption that SCO-Xenix 2.3.2
plus the SCO-SLS upgrade < xnx155b > effects a radical change in the
operating system to SCO-Xenix 2.3.3.

Yes, it *was* true (and may still be) that installing 'VP/ix' Update A
did modify the Operating System to version 2.3.3, but *any* SCO-Xenix
2.3.2 user *without* 'VP/ix' upgrades their OS to 2.3.3 with the
SCO-SLS upgrade < xnx155b >.

I also beg to differ with you about being able to buy SCO-Xenix 2.3.3 --
it *is* for sale.  Call 'SCO' Customer Services Department at ..
(800) 347-4381, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Pacific
Time, and you may get an authoritative reply!

+---------------
| I upgraded my DevSys 2.3.1 with lng095 to upgrade the non-ANSI 386 MSC
| Compiler to ANSI-C ver 5.1. I don't know lng244.
| 
| The Text package is ver 2.3.0 and includes the man pages and nroff/troff.
+---------------

It'd be a whole lot easier if either of you would, first, download the
< info > file from 'SCO', to get the descriptions of all the SCO-SLS
upgrades....

> UUCP Connection information:
> 
> Machine name: sosco
> 
> Phone numbers: (408) 425-3502 (2 lines, 300-9600 baud V.32 standard)
>                (408) 429-1786 (9600 baud Telebit)
> 
> Login name: uusls (forth character is the letter "l" rather than numeral "1")
> No password

...or to just give them a call on their "800" number (it is a "free" call
for us in the United States) or to 'Email' a message to ...
"{uunet|backbone}!sco.com!support" for current information (that's free
too!).  At least this way, incorrect information will not be circulated
to trusting people.

On a more friendly note, have a happy holiday season, to all....

Steve Walick

-- 

Stephen J. Walick, Asst Sysop of the  < XBBS >  program  at  NCoast.ORG
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