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From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: DELL Computers - does XENIX run on them?
Message-ID: <13178@steinmetz.ge.com>
Date: 17 Feb 89 20:14:51 GMT
References: <5230@mrspoc.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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In article <5230@mrspoc.UUCP> itkin@mrspoc.UUCP (Steven List) writes:
| I am thinking of buying a computer from Dell Computers.  Their ads sound
| good, they've gotten good reviews in PC Magazine, and they provide on-site
| service.  The big question is: Does XENIX run on them?  None of their ads

  It does on the 386 models. I'm running 2.3.1 on a Dell 325 with no
trouble. They use a disk controller which looks like an ST506, so you
*don't* want the ESDI version of Xenix. I've had no trouble with the 325
or the 310, but haven't tried the 286 versions with Xenix.
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	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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