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From: jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Unix on PC and AMI bios
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Date: 9 Nov 89 17:23:33 GMT
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greenstr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet) writes:
>I have two questions :-
>1.  Is there a FULL unix system avaliable for the pc ( 386DX machine)
>    which is simualar to Berkley unix on the Sun systems? If so I would
>    appreciate any remarks on it and where it is available from , UK
>    outlet if possible.
>2.  I have been using the Phonix bios in my machine for a few years without
>    any compatability problems. I am about to buy a new motherboard with an
>    AMI bios. Has anybody come accross any problems with the AMI bios? Is it
>    better than the Phonix? and can the AMI bios be replaced , if I don't like
>    it , with the Phonix directly?
>Thanks in advance for your comments
>R.J.Greenstreet
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I'm not enough of a UN*X whiz to answer the first.  To the second,
though, if you want to run UN*X then you are best to stay with Phoenix
BIOS.  I'm told that you can't run it with AMI or Award.  We
(Convergent/Unisys) remove the Award BIOS from the CPUs we buy and
replace them with Phoenix for this reason.



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		Said I, 'But Joe, you're ten years dead.'  
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Jerry		( jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM )
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