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From: rose@galtee.cs.wisc.edu (The Great Satan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Coherent
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Date: 28 Aug 90 12:48:18 GMT
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In article <28293@nigel.ee.udel.edu> boutell@freezer.it.udel.edu (Tom Boutell) writes:

>- I'm interested in getting Coherent. For $99, it looks like a dream
>come true- a hacker's Unix, comfortable in one meg on a machine like
>mine, with UUCP and an ANSI C compiler standard. But is it gonna be
>willing to install on my XT hard drive/ controller? I'm guessing it
>won't be happy.

The release of Coherent that is being advertised lately is restricted to
AT-class machines or "better."  That means 80286 or 80368*, and precludes
XTs.  It also requires an MFM or RLL controller.  The C compiler in this
release generates code only for small model, a limitation that sours many
on the product.  That said, it sure is alot of product for the price, albeit
not bug free.

There is a mailing list for people interested in or using this version of
Coherent- write to "coherent-request@cs.wisc.edu" to subscribe.  Back traffic
is available upon request; the answers to some of your burning questions
(along with plenty of drivel, of course) may be lurking in there somewhere.
There are also a few archive sites with a small but growing collection of
public domain software that has been successfully ported to Coherent.
--
	Scott Rose
	rose@cs.wisc.edu