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From: vancleef@iastate.edu (Van Cleef Henry H)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Wondering about Coherent system
Summary: Starting off the FAQ brigade about Coherent
Keywords: FAQ  unix minix
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Date: 4 Apr 91 04:48:04 GMT
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I have seen the ads for Mark Williams Coherent for $99 and been aaked by
people who knew that I was playing with Minix as a teaching tool what
are the differences.  

I already see that someone is building TCP/IP support, so won't ask
about that.  Does it have any BSD-type extensions like sockets?  What
utilities like kermit and vi does it come with.  Man pages?  Source code
for any or all parts of the system?  Anybody using it as a teaching
tool, and how does it stand up.  How is documentation.  What is the
minimum system it can run on. (I am running Minix on a 2 x 720K 640K V30
laptop with room to spare).  Is there a Macintosh version?

One question I won't ask is "will is support X11R4?"  

Are there any repository sites for goodies and toys to go with Coherent?
Or is all this brand new?  I feel inclined to spend $99 for an
evaluation copy.


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