SoylentNews: Restoring Xenix 386 2.2.3c, Part 1

SomeGuy

There is an interesting article on SoylentNews about getting Xenix 386 2.2.3c running. Apparently the archived disk sets have some damage, and there are some wacky bugs that prevent it from running on newer systems.

https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl ... 03/1620222

birdy

That is a very interesting article to read, it would be nice if the person would post the 2nd edition per say of the article. What's also is interesting is that I didn't know that it was before SCO's time, given that I live in the exact area where SCO was located kinda gives a good local vipe of history with it.

SomeGuy

Forgot to add part 2 is here: https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl ... ommentwrap

But it will probably be an upcoming part 3 that details what changes/fixes they made to the images.

The source teledisk files are full of errors that have been carried over to the IMG copy here.

I wish we had more people here that tried out old stuff besides Windows.

02k-guy

"I wish we had more people here that tried out old stuff besides Windows."

I gave up on the old stuff 20 years ago.

Had a corner of a warehouse filled with minis and boxes & boxes of 8" disks, plus big metal platters. They are all recycled into smart phones by now I expect.

SomeGuy

Part three is now up: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/03/11/2014253

But there are still more details to come. And another similar XENIX version has cropped up on archive.org - The one they are working with is for a generic 386 PC, whereas the new one that cropped up is specifically for an MCA based IBM PS/2.

SomeGuy

Part four is now up: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/03/13/086250