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From: kim@bilby.cs.uwa.oz.au (Kim Shearer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
Subject: Re: UNIX: Do I need/want it? Which one should I get?
Message-ID: <kim.666330198@kowari>
Date: 12 Feb 91 03:43:18 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.232246.21085@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
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In <1991Feb11.232246.21085@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Raouls Used CamlShop) writes:

>I just got a Scepter 286 with 40meg and vga monochrome.
>I've got a few questions and did not know where else to 
>post them.

>I'm more used to unix than dos, but am not sure if I need/want
>to go to unix.  I currently have Borland's Turbo Pascal 5.5,
>Turbo C++, and Turbo Debugger and Tools.  Would these (among 
>others) programs have a problem away from the MSDOS environment?

>With 40 meg, do I really need unix?

>And if so, what unix or unix-clone should I get?  I keep seeing
>ads for Coherent in COMPUTER SHOPPER.  The price is certainly
>attractive enough.  Any comments? 

>Thanks, 
>james seymour
>camelsho@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

 Turbo lets you do many things you wont get away with on Unix.
 Just how cheap in Coherent ?