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From: cliffb@cjbsys.bdb.com (cliff bedore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
Subject: Re: Xenix-Digiboard Problems
Message-ID: <1991May31.000100.2665@cjbsys.bdb.com>
Date: 31 May 91 00:01:00 GMT
References: <1991May27.061616.5588@crash.cts.com>
Organization: BDB Systems
Lines: 47

In article <1991May27.061616.5588@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
>tomj@pnet16.cts.com (Tom Jenkins) writes:
>>
>> [ Stuff deleted ]
>>
>>DTK 80386 at 25Mhz with 64K cache, 4M Ram
>>330M Imprimus EDSI, 1.2M Floppy
>>PC/Xe Digiboard 8 Port Serial I/O (7 ea PM2400SA Practical Perhipherals)
>>                                  (1 ea T2500 Telebit Trailblazer)
>>Archive 60M Tape Drive
>>Relisys VGA with ATI WonderCard
>>NO printer
>>
>>Anyone have any other hints?
>
>I personally think it's the DTK motherboard.  There's a documented problem
>with the DTK motherboard in running it under Novell Netware.  Deals with the
>386 going in and out of protected mode along with possibly V86 mode.  I have
>no great love for DTK.  Any motherboard that requires a Novell certified patch
>to run Netware makes me very suspicious and dubious about running Unix or
>Xenix under it.
>
>Have you tried a non-DTK motherboard?  Such as an AMI or Micronics?  It
>doesn't have to be a name brand, just non-DTK.  A generic 386 board with an
>Intel or C&T chip set may do the job for you.  Just avoid those that don't use
>the AMI or Phoenix BIOS.
>
>If somebody is running VP/ix, it would not surprise me one bit if your DTK
>motherboard is locking up on you.
>
>     // JCA
>
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I have 3 machines running on DTK boards (2 20MHZ 1 25MHZ) and they run XENIX
just fine.  You do need to get the slow boot mod but everything else works fine
(including VPIX what little we use it)


Cliff