Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!robobar!ronald From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: Re: Garbled output installing xenix Message-ID: <1991Apr25.094844.21587@robobar.co.uk> Date: 25 Apr 91 09:48:44 GMT References: <91113.131135MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu> <554@sungate.UUCP> Organization: Robobar Ltd., Perivale, Middx., ENGLAND. Lines: 16 glen@sungate.UUCP (Glen Barney) writes: > In article <91113.131135MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu>, MSR113@psuvm.psu.edu (Matt Richmond) writes: > You must have the 386 version of Xenix to run on a 386. Xenix-286 will not > run on a 386-based system. You're WRONG. I ran SCO 286 2.2.1 for a year on a 386 box. No hassle. I didn't see the original article, but from the Subject: line, it might be related to the fact that older Xenixes didn't hack VGA, so it might be worth trying out swapping the video for a mono/hercules or ega, but I'm guessing. -- Ronald Khoo +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)