Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!agate!garnet.berkeley.edu!ked
From: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: simple (?) xenix 286 questions
Message-ID: <14114@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 10 Sep 88 16:51:38 GMT
References: <4@raider.UUCP> <6800030@cpe> <1826@spdcc.COM>
Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 26

In article <1826@spdcc.COM> eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
>what is the minimum amount of memory a 286 PC must have in order to
>run xenix 286?  will things run at all with 640k or 1M?

I cannot speak to 640 although I suspect the answer is no.  My
ATT 6310 (AT clone) runs fine with only one meg and a fast disk.
Things might not be so pleasant with a very slow disk.
>
>what amounts of swap space can be specified?

The installation program calculates a "reasonable" value based on
your disk size.  If you don't agree, you can override this.
>
>is it worth $595 ??  what about Microport?

Depends. If you are an individual and just want to play with a **IX
style system on a PC, probably not. If you've got a package that runs
under **IX and you want a reliable host environment, yes.

You can get a better price if you shop around a bit. But remember, this
is the price for the run-time system. This does not include compilers
and related tools nor does it include *roff and related items.

From reading this newsgroup for about a year, I get the impression that
SCO Xenix is the choice for reliable, commercial products. Microport is
for hackers.