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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Brain-dead 286 - summary
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Date: 17 Mar 90 20:56:02 GMT
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phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>Then why aren't you getting a 20 MHz 286 which is cheaper than
>a 16 MHz 386sx? Or even a 25 MHz 286?

Cheaper my foot.  Apparently you haven't been keeping up in the Computer
Shopper.  The 16 MHz 386SX motherboards are about up to par in price with the
20 MHz 286 boards.  I view it as paying for 386 compatability which is what
you need for 386 based Unix.  Well worth the money since I'm fed up with DOS
and want to pack the Sun SPARCstation 1 on my desk at work in my car and take
it home for an indefinate period of time.  But I've found a more legal
solution to my desire for Unix, ESIX and a 386SX system.  Works for me.  If I
want DOS, I can run VP/ix which won't work in a million years on a 286 based
system.  Unix will work on a 286, but you can't have virtual DOS sessions. 
Try DOSMerge on MicroPort Unix 286, it crashes quite nicely.
 
     // JCA

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