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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IBM's new System 2 Personal Computers
Message-ID: <542@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 10:10:35 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.542
Posted: Tue Apr  7 10:10:35 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 03:07:00 EST
References: <775@oliveb.UUCP> <1579@bnrmtv.UUCP> <1339@uwmacc.UUCP>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Lines: 21
Keywords: why even think about OS/2
Summary: Mircoport diddles in the BIOS

In article <1339@uwmacc.UUCP>, edwards@uwmacc.UUCP (mark edwards) writes:
>>   Xenix. And won't OS/2 approach something Unix like anyways. Why wait
>>   when the real thing is available now? Besides its going to cost on the
>>   order of $365. For that price you can almost buy microport.
>> 
>>   What can we expect from OS/2 ?

I think you'll probably have to settle (if that's the right phrase)
for SCO or other flavor of Xenix/Unix on the new IBM machines.
Microport fools around with code in the IBM BIOS chips on the AT.
Microport will only assure that their port runs on a *real* IBM AT
with their BIOS and their HD controller card.  This comes straight
from a phone conversation with Microport's gurus.  They wouldn't
promise when/if it'll be available for other machines.  This was
the status as of about 2 months ago.

Bill Mayhew
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Mecicine
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone:  216-325-2511
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