Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:3943 comp.sys.att:7873 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!becker!bdb From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: SysVR3 port for UNIX PC (*LONG*) Message-ID: <970@becker.UUCP> Date: 24 Oct 89 00:51:06 GMT References: <2917@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <987@icus.islp.ny.us> <2928@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <990@icus.islp.ny.us> <573@limbic.UUCP> Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Distribution: na Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario Lines: 19 In article <573@limbic.UUCP> gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes: |[...] |Lastly, and I think a discussion that also has merit (although there |are those who would disagree) is a port of some version of BSD to the |UNIX-pc. This was also discussed at the BOF, and it seemed to have |more of a following than a SVR3 port. Again, followers take note-- |make sure that the size of the kernel is less than or equal to the |size of the current one or you'll end up with applications that don't |run. I agree, but in my mumble opinion it ought to be the Mach kernel with the 4.3BSD front end... Cheers, -- .... Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \**/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/C/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _/ >_ "But... but.. reality isn't *real*..." - Pippy the Zkinhead