Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!boulder!wallwey From: wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Help on Multi-tasking PC Keywords: multi-tasking, 386-SX Message-ID: <18757@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 23 Mar 90 04:37:59 GMT References: <24603@uhnix1.uh.edu> <4138@kd4nc.UUCP> Sender: news@boulder.Colorado.EDU Reply-To: wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM) Distribution: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 20 In article <4138@kd4nc.UUCP> ke4zv@kd4nc.UUCP (Gary Coffman) writes: >.... >This system beats any OS/2 machine AND isn't restricted to ONE DOS >compatibility box. Exactly how does it beat OS/2. (Please respond by mail--This is not the place for os wars-) By the way OS/2 Vers 2.0 (which will require a 386) will not be restricted to ONE DOS compatibility box. > >The machine I am writing this on is a 33Mhz 386 with 387 and caching, >452 Megs of SCSI disk and 8 Meg of RAM. It benchmarks faster (much faster) >than a VAX780 and cost under $5000 from the ground up! I am impressed!! > >Gary Coffman Dean Wallwey