Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!ge-dab!ge-rtp!edison!rja From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: UNIX(tm) choices for 386 systems Summary: another view Keywords: Microport, Interactive, AT&T, Xenix Message-ID: <1729@edison.GE.COM> Date: 5 Dec 88 14:17:17 GMT References: <2596@munnari.oz> <12708@steinmetz.ge.com> Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 24 ( The article I'm reponding to appeared in ~wizards but seemed more appropriate here so I've changed the posting location.) AT&T is selling UNIX System V/386 release 3.2 NOW and it provides full support for XENIX binaries. When Microport/Interactive/et. al. start selling rel 3.2 for the 386 theirs will also support XENIX binaries. I believe that all will be selling that release shortly if they aren't already. HDB is widely available for Microport/Interactive/et.al. ports of UNIX V/286 and UNIX V/386 and by now may well be the standard offering. I believe that it comes with AT&T's offering. The '286 compilers seem to have had problems with bugs beyond what I'd consider normal (both Xenix and the Sys V crowd), but the '386 compilers reportedly are working well. A number of people I know are buying the AT&T UNIX V for PCs that aren't AT&T. I'm looking into doing the same. ______________________________________________________________________________ rja@edison.GE.COM or ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja via Internet (preferable) via uucp (if you must) ______________________________________________________________________________