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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How Coherent is it ...?
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Date: 30 Jun 90 02:36:02 GMT
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rcruz@paul.rutgers.edu (Rafael Cruz) writes:
>In a recent Dr. Dobb's Journal I came across an ad for a product called
>Coherent which claims to be a virtual clone of UNIX, and a *very*
>inexpensive one. Before I rush to place an order for the thing, I want
>to call upon the wisdom of the net to get some feedback from those of
>you who have used Coherent. 
>
>Any input, positive or negative, will be greatly appreciated.

The answer is...not very.

Here's the bull on MWC's Coherent.

1. Swapping is not currently supported.
2. It's only a small model 286 Unix (probably ala V7).
3. A lot of BSD/SysV code will NOT port over easily.

It's basically a commercial 16-bit Minix.  That's it.  You have the 64K code
and data segment limitation which makes a lot of code impossible to port.

MWC claims (at least from some posts on the net) that there will be a 386
version that supports demand paging, but I doubt it will be for the same
price.
 
     // JCA

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