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From: paul@dialogic.com (The Imaginative Moron aka Joey Pheromone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Choosing a 386 unix
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Date: 31 Aug 90 14:50:57 GMT
References: <1990Aug29.154047.28841@arcturus.uucp>
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In article <1990Aug29.154047.28841@arcturus.uucp> evil@arcturus.uucp (Wade Guthrie) writes:
>** Interactive I386
>email address: ?
>advantages/features:
>disadvantages:
>	- expensive upgrade policy
>

Let me expand on this:

advantages/features:
	- Fast File System - uses bitmap to do contiguous freelist block
	allocation. Noticeably increases FS performance - a 1K FFS is
	better than standard ATT 2K
	- HPDD - Very good disk and tape support, including SCSI
	- X11 support - extensive, EGA thro' Matrox hi-res colour. Motif and 
	Looking Glass, too
disadvantages:
	- Support. Hard to get - theirs is NOT good, and you only get
	it free if you bought from them - otherwise its $600/yr (approx).
	Buying through a GOOD dealer/distributor is must.
	


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