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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Xenix System V from SCO for PC AT
Message-ID: <255@omen.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 13:35:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 13 13:35:31 1985
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In article <277@hsi.UUCP> stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens) writes:
>Anyone have any experience with the new System V Xenix on the PC AT
>from Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) ??  Will executable files from
>IBM Xenix work without recompilation ??  We're considering switching
>from IBM Xenix just because they (SCO) appear to be the only firm
>interested in supporting the product (IBM and Microsoft sure don't
>want to provide any support).

SCO SYS V Xenix executes most of the IBM Xenix files without modification,
except for one or two that get intimate with dialout serial ports.
Since the new version is pretty much a superset of the old IBM version,
the only programs that should give any trouble would be your own, which
can be recompiled.

To describe the SCO SYS V version in a nutshell, it is about halfway
between the Microsoft/IBM version and where Xenix on an AT should be.
The real solution will be a 386 plug in for the AT.

BTW, the Professional-YAM communications program is alive and well on
SCO SYS V.  I don't know if cu works (haven't even tried it ...), but
uucp works right out of the box without any patches.  I've put my old
superhacked uucico to rest ...

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