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From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: IBM Announces Popcorn as "PC AT"
Message-ID: <1952@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 11:44:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 30 11:44:40 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Sep-84 09:17:56 EDT
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A little clarification on PC/IX vs Xenix on the AT:

Yes, only one is available now on the AT - Xenix.  Yes, PC/IX will be made
available on it.  IBM said they expected it to happen 3Q84 or 4Q84.

However, PC/IX will be running in "8088" mode, while Xenix will be using
80286 instructions.  (Again, according to the IBM guys - Jim Balter at
Interactive could set this straight if he's on... You on, Jim?)
I assume they'll do something with all that extra potential memory (??).
Note that DOS 3.0 is also an 8088-type system, since it has to run on the
whole line.

So PC/IX should be the UNIX of choice if you're planning applications across
the PC line, while you might prefer Xenix if you need the extra increment
of power.

Jim Gillogly   jim@rand-unix    {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim