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From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: manuals
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 11:30:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 27 11:30:00 1987
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!uhclem    Aug 27 10:30:00 1987


Some uninformed person writes:

>True, if you are running a model 16 or 6000 under
>Tandy's version of XENIX. Don't know about the version, (SCO
>I suspect) for the 3000 (XT clone) or the 4000 (80386).
>I understand SCO had to write a special XENIX for Tandy's
>boxes because of special hardware configurations (Does this
>sound familure?). 

<Getting Annoyed ON>

Tandy's XENIX-286 (1.x/2.1) are not provided by SCO.  (That is why
it does not say "Copyright ... SCO" when you boot.)  The 6000 System III
was distributed by SCO, but Tandy did the port and drivers.  (Tandy
has always done all or almost all the drivers for its XENIX systems.)
The 286-1.x/2.1 versions of XENIX came from the big DOS factory in
Bellevue Wa. (sorry, they are now in Redmond, guess they managed to escape).

XENIX-286 does come with on-line documentation.  It also comes with a
screen-driven program for accessing them.  Ask anyone who has installed
Tandy 286-XENIX and they will remember the 20+ minute delay during
installation while the keyword tables for the man pages are generated.

The only thing special about the Tandy 3000 hardware configuration is the
size of the rubber feet on the bottom of the machine, which are possibly
large enough to fit in ones' mouth.  Sadly, the 3000 is a AT, segments
and all, just a bit faster.

<Getting Annoyed OFF>
<My personal opinons are in there, so watch it.>

<This information is provided by an individual and is not nor should be
 construed  as  being  provided  by  Radio  Shack or Tandy Corp.  Radio
 Shack/Tandy Corp has no obligation to support the information provided
 in  any way.   Look, I am not a marketing person, so its just possible
 that I am telling the truth.  Now, go away and flame at Microport, or
 better still, IBM for coming up with such a stupid hardware design.>

						
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						Frank Durda IV
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"Daisy-chained DRQs and IRQs?  We don't need no stinking daisy-chain!"
						- IBM Design team
"Well, DOS doesn't use them, so why does XENIX?" - Hardware person