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Article #2331Re: TeX under SCO *UNIX* not *Xenix*
From: Peter Flynn, Official Muffin-sam...
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 11:48
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 11:48
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In article <1992Sep3.232112.1@linus.claremont.edu>, dhosek@linus.claremont.edu writes: > 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). Duuuh. I now discover that the user is running SCO *UNIX* not SCO *Xenix* (so I'm told), but the question still stands: has anyone brought TeX up on such a box? ///Peter
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!ieunet!ccvax.ucd.ie!pflynn From: pflynn@ccvax.ucd.ie (Peter Flynn, Official Muffin-sampler) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: TeX under SCO *UNIX* not *Xenix* Message-ID: <1992Sep7.114848.49635@ccvax.ucd.ie> Date: 7 Sep 92 11:48:48 GMT References: <1992Sep3.162742.49615@ccvax.ucd.ie> <1992Sep3.232112.1@linus.claremont.edu> Organization: University College Dublin Lines: 17