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From: vandys@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia(Seattle))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: ESIX
Message-ID: <-286389996@hpcupt1.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Nov 89 17:09:29 GMT
References: <2559B822.26855@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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/ hpcupt1:comp.unix.microport / rho@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Raymond Ho) /  9:47 am  Nov  9, 1989 /
>...
>also some reports claim that ESIX is the fastest Unix Sys V available for pcs.
	That might be an exaggeration.  In general it's pretty snappy, but
then again a 20 Mhz 80386 might have something to do with that.  X11 running
with the 16-color VGA mode is awfully slow, especially when scrolling.  When
you start paging and swapping, system performance really goes down the tubes.

>	Do you know anything about this ESIX? They said it is compatible at
>binary level with Xenix and Unix, is it true?
	I had numerous 80286 binaries from Microport, and they all ran without
a hitch.  From this I'd guess that their compatibility claims are true.

					Andy