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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,fido.unix
Subject: Re: wanted: UNIX or clone
Message-ID: <1991May4.160323.18554@bilver.uucp>
Date: 4 May 91 16:03:23 GMT
References: <1991Apr28.212531.14727@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991Apr30.135708.19899@bilver.uucp> <1991May3.213649.3513@unixland.uucp>
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <1991May3.213649.3513@unixland.uucp> bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:

>In article <1991Apr30.135708.19899@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:

>>On the Lotus-123 for Unix is says it will run under SCO Xenix too.  But
>>the kicker is - it specifically states it will NOT run on '486 machines.
>>So they have done something to make it hardware dependant.

>Could it have something to do with the built-in math co-processor on
>the 486 chip?

Well since the the '486 is upward compatible from the '386 Lotus would have
to be doing something like reading the hardware directly.   This is the
only conclusion several of us came up with.   But thats a no-no when doing
Unix.    I suspect some users are going to be upset if they try to do a
hardware upgrade and find everything works except Lotus.

Anyone else have any ideas?

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