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From: halle@homxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: 6300 general questions
Message-ID: <315@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-May-87 09:14:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: homxc.315
Posted: Wed May  6 09:14:10 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 02:23:12 EDT
References: <673@hjuxa.UUCP> <1366@ihdev.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 14
Keywords: 6300 hard disks xenix memory
Xref: utgpu comp.sys.att:351 comp.unix.xenix:264

In article <1366@ihdev.ATT.COM>, gpw@ihdev.ATT.COM (G. P. Wilkin) writes:
> In article <673@hjuxa.UUCP>, pzl@hjuxa.UUCP (Mr. Rem) writes:
> > I am getting a PC6300 and want to get the most bang out the system
> > possible. I want to run xenix.
> > 	2. Should I consider a v20?
> V30 YES YES
BUT ...... See my next comment
> > 	3. Is there any point to getting any memory beyond 640K
> > 	for xenix?
> Only if the implementation uses it for a ram disk, paging area
And only if you keep the 8086.  The AT&T memory board is incompatable with
the NEC V30.  The computer just hangs if it looks for the board.  I don't
know what will happen with someone else's board, but those boards will be
8bit boards, not 16bit like AT&T's.