Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Which unix for a 386? Keywords: 386 Unix Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 90 17:40:18 GMT References: <24010@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Distribution: usa Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 21 durian@boulder.Colorado.EDU (DURIAN MICHAEL BLAINE) writes: > I'm not sure that this is the best place to post this, but I think it's >a start. > At my job, we've got a couple of compaq 386s and we are getting sick of >having to use DOS with them. What types of unix are available for 386 >systems? What are the pluses and minuses of each? Which do you prefer? >And what type of cost are we talking about? > Any help would be appreciated. According to a seminar I attended yesterday, Compaq and SCO are working together quite closely nowadays - especially in the multiprocessing Unix arena. I haven't used SCO Unix in years, so I can't provide any first hand advice. If I can ever find the time, I do want to get it and try it out. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future