386/SX Chip

tif at cpe.UUCP tif at cpe.UUCP
Sun Jan 15 01:21:00 AEST 1989


Written  7:43 am  Jan 12, 1989 by altger.UUCP!aris in cpe:comp.unix.xenix
>In article <569 at mccc.UUCP> pjh at 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.



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