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From: ross@isis.UUCP (Ross McConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Converting to 386 machines
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 00:31:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 00:31:10 1987
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 I have a couple of commercial software packages (civil engineering
oriented) that currently run on PC's and AT's, and are written in MSC.
I am fighting the 640K barrier, and am considering porting the packages
to a 386 to take advantage of the 4G 'small' model. It seems to me that there
are several possibilities :
		1) Use Xenix 386 from SCO or Microport
 		2) Use the Phar Lap and Metaware sort of compiler/Run386 environment
		3) Wait for OS/2  (will it allow 4G addressing ? )

Has anyone had any experience in this area? Would it make sense to fiddle
with extended/expanded memory on a PC or AT? Should I give up and move to
a 68020 machine? Any comments would be appreciated.