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Our vendor stated that SCO 3.2.4 is not y2k compatable and said that we should
intall 5.0.5.  We have purchased 5.0.5 enterprise.

Not the vendor states that the computer is incompatable.  Is he just feeding me
a line or is that the truth.

When trying to install  it, it wouldn't read the DPT Diskette.

Is there a DPT diskette that can be downloaded so that it would read.

Thank you,

Ed

Quote:>Our vendor stated that SCO 3.2.4 is not y2k compatable and said that we should
>intall 5.0.5.  We have purchased 5.0.5 enterprise.

Damn.  I wish I could lie like that.  Does your vendor give lessons in
selling upgrades?

3.2v4.2 can be made Y2K compatible by the installation of UOD426
        http://www.sco.com/cgi-bin/ssl_getsupplement?uod426

Quote:>Not the vendor states that the computer is incompatable.  Is he just feeding me
>a line or is that the truth.

How should I know?  Without a hardware description, it's difficult to tell.
However, you can do the job yourself.  Boot the machine and inscribe the
bios version on a piece of paper.  Then go to the bios, motherboard, or
system vendors web pile and see if there's an update.  If you can't find
anything, try starting at:
        http://www.ping.be/bios/
for bios info.  SCO also has a bootable floppy disk that will test for
clock problems.  However, one of the numerous RTC (real-time-clunk) testers
for DOS or Windoze will work as well.

Quote:>When trying to install  it, it wouldn't read the DPT Diskette.

This is great.  First he sells you a new operating system.  Then, he sells
you a new computer.  Now, he expects *YOU* to make it all work?  Why am I a
bit suspicious?  What kind of error message are you getting from your
unspecified DPT diskette?  Is it a read error, or is it simply refusing to
ask for the disk?  Be advised the 3.2v4.2 drivers may not work with
3.2v5.0.5.

Quote:>Is there a DPT diskette that can be downloaded so that it would read.

Yeah, probably.  See:
        http://www.dpt.com
Yep.  Lots of downloads.

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Quote:> Our vendor stated that SCO 3.2.4 is not y2k compatable and said that we should
> intall 5.0.5.  We have purchased 5.0.5 enterprise.

Well, there ARE many reasons to upgrade to OSR5 but patch UOD426D is
supposed to make SCO 3.2v4.2 based systems Y2K compliant...

Quote:> Not the vendor states that the computer is incompatable.  Is he just feeding me
> a line or is that the truth.

I don't know; what hardware do you have?
You can download TLS620 which will test your HW/BIOS for several Y2K
issues.

Quote:> When trying to install  it, it wouldn't read the DPT Diskette.

> Is there a DPT diskette that can be downloaded so that it would read.

I don't have any experience with DPT ...

Thank you,
Lucky

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ELUBO enscribed:
| Our vendor stated that SCO 3.2.4 is not y2k compatable and said that we should
| intall 5.0.5.  We have purchased 5.0.5 enterprise.
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| Not the vendor states that the computer is incompatable.  Is he just feeding me
| a line or is that the truth.
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| When trying to install  it, it wouldn't read the DPT Diskette.
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| Is there a DPT diskette that can be downloaded so that it would read.

Gee, I've got the same problem, I can't get 5.0.5 to install on my
Ford's onboard computer.

Now, if you would be willing to describe the actual hardware in this
unknown computer, it might just be possible to answer your question.
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Quote:> Our vendor stated that SCO 3.2.4 is not y2k compatable and said that we
should
> intall 5.0.5.  We have purchased 5.0.5 enterprise.

There is a y2k patch for 3.2.4.2.

Your computer may be incompatible if it's lower than a pentium with a lot of
ram.

Michel