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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Message-ID: <5569@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 7 Aug 89 12:42:41 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <20514@adm.BRL.MIL>, rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes:
> I think the more immediate question is *what* would you like the
> GNU OS to run on?

The obvious choice is 386-based AT-bus machines. They're ubiquitous,
relatively cheap, and pretty well documented. But, knowing RMS, he's
likely to go for IBM PC/RTs and Microvaxes just because there are
thousands of them at the MIT Athena Project.
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