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From: iho@cac.washington.edu (Il Oh)
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Subject: Re: TT's and NeXT
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Date: 13 Dec 90 03:31:56 GMT
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jerry@redford.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>iho@akbar.UUCP (Il Oh) writes:

>>But then again, the NeXT isn't much of a Unix box.  The Unix consultants
>>I work with are quick to point that the NeXT "just happens to run Unix"
>>instead of being designed as a Unix box.  If you've used a Sun Sparcstation
>>or a DECStation, you'll know what I mean.

>What?!  This makes no sense whatsoever.  What is it about the NeXT that
>makes it "not much of a Unix box"?  Unix is designed to run on all sorts
>of vanilla hardware.  Of course, it runs well on fast hardware, which the
>68040-based NeXT certainly is.  If anything, the NeXT is more than just
>a Unix box, considering its audio-visual capabilities.

I'm merely repeating what the gurus I work with said.  One thing I do know,
however, is that you can't get a NeXT to go into "promiscuous mode" for
capturing ethernet packets.
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