10 Nov
2001
10 Nov
'01
10:05 p.m.
I have an Apricot Xen 'mainframe' which is a 286 based msdos generic from
1986. Its not ibm compatible. Comically, it does have a copy of Windows V1
on its disk which runs, well, like all versions of windows ;-)
Its role was a fileserver for an ms-net network, hence the awful
'mainframe' name. I've always been intrigued that there was a port of
xenix available for this machine - anyone know anything about that, or
about xenix on a 286 based system in general?
//Rich
10 Nov
10 Nov
1:23 p.m.
I have Xenix that runs on an IBM AT
Wim
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From: <Richard.Sandwell(a)roebry.co.uk>
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Subject: Xenix ?
I have an Apricot Xen 'mainframe' which is a 286 based msdos generic from
1986. Its not ibm compatible. Comically, it does have a copy of Windows V1
on its disk which runs, well, like all versions of windows ;-)
Its role was a fileserver for an ms-net network, hence the awful
'mainframe' name. I've always been intrigued that there was a port of
xenix available for this machine - anyone know anything about that, or
about xenix on a 286 based system in general?
file://Rich
11 Nov
11 Nov
4:41 p.m.
Without going too far out on a limb, Xenix is a 16bit xnix clone from MS.
Should run fine on your 286 with 4mb. I don't really know what the ram
requirements are, but it shouldn't be dramatic in the least.
Regards,
Jeff
A hotel chain I work with still uses it in it's satellite network. Seems
to work well for them but I haven't been inside it since those machines
are handled by another contractor.
In <OF0ABE6D6B.960829C8-ON80256B01.0030AE92(a)sandwell.plus.com>om>, on
11/11/01
at 09:05 AM, Richard.Sandwell(a)roebry.co.uk said:
I have an Apricot Xen 'mainframe' which is a
286 based msdos generic from
1986. Its not ibm compatible. Comically, it does have a copy of Windows
V1 on its disk which runs, well, like all versions of windows ;-) Its
role was a fileserver for an ms-net network, hence the awful 'mainframe'
name. I've always been intrigued that there was a port of xenix
available for this machine - anyone know anything about that, or about
xenix on a 286 based system in general?
//Rich
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5:45 p.m.
Without going too far out on a limb, Xenix is a 16bit
xnix clone from MS.
Should run fine on your 286 with 4mb. I don't really know what the ram
requirements are, but it shouldn't be dramatic in the least.
The Model 2000's version would have been running on an 8mhz
80186 with a max of 768k of RAM. It'd be interesting to know if it
supported the multi-serial port card, which could give you up to a
total of nine serial ports on that machine.
Jeff
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