Is Xenix virtual memory?

Kevin Weller n025fc at tamuts.tamu.edu
Wed May 8 06:54:08 AEST 1991


In article <1991May7.183556.11308 at robobar.co.uk> ronald at robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) writes:
>
>  n025fc at tamuts.tamu.edu (Kevin Weller) writes:
>
>  > No, XENIX is not virtual memory, it's an operating system.  But I
>  > think you mean't to ask if XENIX _uses_ virtual memory, no?  :-) The
>  > answer to that question is: yes.
>
>  No, the answer is "it depends".  Most versions of Xenix are *not*
>  virtual mem operating systems.  The 286 Xenix I'm sitting at isn't,
>  for a start.  The 386 Xenix sat next to my desk at the office *is*
>  a virtual mem OS.  I don't know about the 68000 xenices, not having
>  ever used one, but I doubt they are.
>  ....
>  Ronald Khoo <ronald at robobar.co.uk> +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)

Oops!  You're right, of course.  I tend to forget these details, but
they are important.
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