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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Mylex Motherboards - Why not?
Message-ID: <1711@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>
Date: 16 Aug 89 17:09:19 GMT
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In article <17144@ut-emx.UUCP> allred@ut-emx.UUCP (Kevin L. Allred) writes:

| UNIX prices to drop.  I do know that Intel says their UNIX won't run
| on a 386sx ( you figure the company that makes the processor would
| know what to change :-).  I don't know about the other UNIX vendors.
| I am happy with the Mylex board.  It is a good deal for a entry level
| 386 board.  I bought it from:

  Has anyone else verified this? Several 386SX vendors have sworn to me
that their systems would run Xenix and UNIX. Is this something
particular to Intel? I assume that you can tell if the system is an SX
or not, but why do it?
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me