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From: rcw@qetzal.UUCP (sysop)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: News Runs fine on 286 boxes.
Message-ID: <247@qetzal.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Oct-87 01:45:01 EST
Article-I.D.: qetzal.247
Posted: Sun Oct 25 01:45:01 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Oct-87 02:33:26 EST
References: <171@uport.UUCP>
Organization: Mentor Software, Inc., Thornton, CO.
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Keywords: questions opinions
Summary: No problems here running News on a 286 machine.
Xref: mnetor comp.unix.questions:4663 comp.unix.xenix:1037

In article <171@uport.UUCP>, jmsully@uport.UUCP (John M. Sully) writes:
> 
> I tried running news 2.10.3 on several 286 machines here and had no end of 
> problems.  

I've been running news 2.11 straight off the shelf for almost a year
now with no problems under Microport System V/AT. The news software
is fine and wonderful.  Get 2.11, patch level 8. (Careful with some
of the later patches as others have mentioned problems with subsequent
patches). 


> Oh well.  News runs 
> just fine on the '386 (death to the kludgey 286!! it makes my life hell).

Not quite sure how to construe this comment, but as a 286 owner, and
a user of Microport System V/AT 2.3, it worries me. Don't let 
Microsoft have all the fun (and marketshare) :-) with OS/2!
BTW, IBM seems to have a little investment in the 286 chip with
their new line of machines. :-)


> John M. Sully         
> Microport Systems     
> Technical Support         


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