Re: TeX under SCO Xenix (386)

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From: dhosek
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 06:21

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In article <1992Sep3.162742.49615@ccvax.ucd.ie>, pflynn@ccvax.ucd.ie (Peter Flynn, Official Muffin-sampler) writes:
> In TeXhax91.046, Pierre MacKay (coordinator for TeX-in-UNIX) said he held
> out little hope that TeX would ever compile under SCO Xenix (due I think
> he said to memory segmentation limits).

> Has anyone ever got TeX running under Xenix on a 386? Is it worth it?

Yes. In fact at least one commercial 386-based Unix includes TeX.
Once you get around the segmented architecture crud, intel is not
a bad platform (and cheap too).

Check the FAQ supplement, I think that might have pointers, or
else maybe archie. I know there's at least one file floating
around with a name like tex386.tar or some such.

-dh

[ducking from the inevitable pro/con intel war to come from my
comment above]

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