Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cmcl2!adm!fstc-chville.army.mil!hqda-ai!media!ka3ovk!cmi486!spiff!spiff!gar From: gar@spiff.UUCP (Gordon Runkle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,fido.unix Subject: Re: Lotus-123 for Unix on a i486 (was: Re: wanted: UNIX or clone) Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 14:28:05 GMT References: <1991Apr28.155002.7791@unixland.uucp> <1991Apr28.212531.14727@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991Apr30.135708.19899@bilver.uucp> <1991May3.213649.3513@unixland.uucp> <1991May4.214642.27855@cti-software.nl> Sender: gar@spiff.cminc.com (Gordon Runkle) Distribution: comp Organization: Runkle Research: Arlington, VA Lines: 39 In-Reply-To: pim@cti-software.nl's message of 4 May 91 21:46:42 GMT In article <1991May4.214642.27855@cti-software.nl> pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes: 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. >> >>Anyone have the inside story on this. >Could it have something to do with the built-in math co-processor on >the 486 chip? Could it be the software has been crippled deliberately (this can be done using assembler code) so to ask extra $$ for an "enhanced i486" version? I called Lotus about this, and they said that they have customers running on the i486 w/o problems, but that it hasn't been "certified in-house", meaning they haven't gotten around to testing it, yet. I suggested to them that they might want to do that sometime soon. :-| On the subject of Lotus for System V, anyone heard whether they plan to offer an X version, or support for Tektronix output, so that people not on the console can preview their graphs? -=gordon=- -- Gordon A. Runkle, Runkle Research UUCP: uunet!cmi486!spiff!gar INTERNET: gar@spiff.cminc.com PHONE: 703-522-0825 The difference between 'theory' and 'practice' in theory is less than the difference between 'theory' and 'practice' in practice. --Unknown sage