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From: spf@whuts.UUCP (FRYSINGER)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: *** XENIX on 8086 based Machine ??
Summary: I run SCO Xenix System V 2.1 on A PC6300
Message-ID: <3456@whuts.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 87 16:02:00 GMT
References: <445@m10ux.UUCP> <2489@killer.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <445@m10ux.UUCP> ssa@m10ux.UUCP (52213-Sharooz Salehi-alavi--MHx6969 ) writes:
>	Does any versin of Xenix run on a 8086 machine. (in particular
>	AT&T 6300).  And if so what are the requirements?

I've been running Xenix on a 6300 for about 2 years.  If you load the
whole mess (software tools, text, etc) it needs about 12Meg of hard
disk, but I've been able to store a very servicable subset in 8Meg.
It performs well, even with 2 users.  Oh, I do have 640K RAM.