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From: rmk@frog.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: 386 Coherent support?
Message-ID: <25016@frog.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 91 08:53:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.190027.18767@linus.mitre.org>
Reply-To: rmk@frog.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1991Apr3.190027.18767@linus.mitre.org> barras@sdimax2.mitre.org (Barrus) writes:

>Does anyone know when the 32-bit 386 version of Coherent is out?
>I have version 3.1 of Coherent, but hardly use it because it is
>almost useless to me without good 386 support, (and memory
>segments bigger than 64k!!!)  Also, will they finally add
>a paging system to it, for virtual memory, so I'm not trapped by
>the 2Meg memory size of my 386SX?

The 32-bit 386 version is still a rumor as far as I know.  If you buy the
driver development kit, you can build a kernel that uses swapping.

>If it is due out in the near future, does anyone know if there's
>some sort of "upgrade package" for registered Coherent users,
>so I don't have to pay full price again?

Your guess.  If they come out with a 386 version, I will probably buy a
386 machine.

>(I just wish I had known when I got Coherent that it had 286 limitations
>built into it...)
>
>  Thanks
>   - Frank
>
>(Hey! I'm the first poster!)


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