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From: tif@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: 386/SX Chip
Message-ID: <6800062@cpe>
Date: 14 Jan 89 15:21:00 GMT
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Written  7:43 am  Jan 12, 1989 by altger.UUCP!aris in cpe:comp.unix.xenix
>In article <569@mccc.UUCP> pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes:
>>The 386sx is essentially a 386 with an external 16-bit data bus.  Very
>>much like the 8088/8086 relationship.
> Will the 386SX run 386 software such as SCO xenix 2.3.1 (And
> VPIX under that..)?  Or will there be a new version of SCO Xenix 
> that will support the 386SX chip?

It does require a different version of SCO XENIX 386.  I suppose
their are some subtle differences that make the regular version
non-functional.  I have no information on the availability of the
different version.