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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.misc
Subject: Re: XENIX Versions (what are they?)
Message-ID: <7CDBBC9@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 17 May 91 17:36:36 GMT
References: <1991May16.174028.4280@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1991May16.174028.4280@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> pete@othello.dartmouth.edu (Pete Schmitt) writes:
> I currently have an Altos 586 with xenix 3.0e installed.  I've
> seen versions 2.2 & 2.3 mentioned on the net, but I can't believe that
> this version is newer because it is dated 1986.  

They changed the numbering from 3.x (as in System III) to 2.x at some point,
I suspect it had to do with System V.2 or some silly thing like that.
-- 
Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180;
Sugar Land, TX  77487-5012;         `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"