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From: dinda@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter A. Dinda - MIC@MACC - 608/263/7744)
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Subject: Re: Coherent vs Minix
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Date: 8 May 90 20:09:11 GMT
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In article <18583@nigel.udel.EDU>, V2057A%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (Juan Jose Noyles) writes...

>Coherent is:
> 
>         debugged
>         complete (cc, lex, yacc, etc...)
>         $99.95 (plus tax, I guess) until 7/31
> 
> 
>Minix is....an academic exercise.
> 
> 


     One further note:  Coherent runs in the protected mode on 286 and 386
based machines!   And Coherent's cc supports the protected mode seamlessly
according to Mark Williams!  Finally Coherent, when installed on any
hard disk with more than 10 megabytes free will rebuild the partition
table in such a way as to not destroy your DOS partition - merely make it
smaller by 10 megs plus whatever more space you want to give it!  This seems
like an impressive product.  Has anyone purchased and tried it yet?



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