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From: gemini@homxb.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
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Subject: Re: Re: What if IBM Had chosen the 68000? Not what you think Re: 386 Family Products
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Date: Sat, 30-Nov-85 13:17:01 EST
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> From: jso@edison.UUCP (John Owens)
> There are many versions of UNIX that don't require memory management.
> Venix/86 from Mark of the Unicorn (marketed by Unisource) runs quite
> well on the PC, and supports UNIX at about the level of a PDP-11 with
> separate I&D space (11/44,11/70, and some of the newer ones (11/73?)).
> 
Thats Venix/86 by Venturcom, marketed by Unisource.
> 
> I'm sure the other PC UNIXes (Xenix, PC/IX, etc.) use similar
> mechanisms.  Does anyone know if Xenix/286 even uses the 286 protected
> mode?

Both "Venix/286 System V Release 2.0" and Xenix/286 run in protected mode.
-Rick Richardson, PC Research, Inc. ..!houxm!castor!rer