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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ^3 What ....... Dell UNIX V.4
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.225432.17394@pegasus.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 22:54:32 GMT
References: <1990Nov07.014539.10187@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> <1990Nov15.163432.17123@dell.dell.com> <1990Nov15.225728.16481@cbnewsm.att.com>
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>I called Dell last week and told them that I had a Swan 386/25 that I was
>considering running Dell's Unix on. I asked if they would support it on this
>machine, or would they say "Sorry, it's not a Dell machine, so tough luck!".
>The gentleman went off line to speak with his supervisor and when he came back
>he said that they would indeed support it - quote "If we sell it, we will
>support it.". This would indicate to me that Dell would provide more than
>"minimal or non-existent" support.

What about drivers?  Does Dell have a nice big compatability list covering
most of the peripheral boards on the market?



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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com