6809 vs. '286 (long - Was: Re: Still OT: Pentium / M$

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_monmouth.com>
Date: Sat Jan 2 07:51:15 1999

> Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
> > IMHO, a <$1000 loaded home machine is *not* supposed to outperform a >$4000
> > business machine. Oh, and Ward could prolly answer this: Was there a
> > version of Xenix available for an IBM / Clone? I know there was one for
> > the Tandy 2000, but that's the only version I've ever seen. How far did
> > M$'s licensing go with that OS?
>
> SCO's first release of Xenix was for an XT with 512K or more RAM. It
> was a dog, Xenix for the X86 series didn't hit its stride until the AT
> and the 80286.

I've got a copy of Xenix-86 and it was pretty solid on the AT&T
6300 (8086 8MHZ). I've even still got the development kit and manuals.

Anyone interested let me know.

Bill
Received on Sat Jan 02 1999 - 07:51:15 GMT