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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: BSD<-->SunOS<-->Coherent Internetworking
Keywords: Help Is It Possible
Message-ID: <9104111407.37@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 91 23:25:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.065441.24297@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1991Apr10.065441.24297@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> bostrov@prism.cs.orst.edu (Vareck Bostrom) writes:
>I have a few questions...

>	I've been thinking of getting Coherent for my laptop PC (a 
>	386 SX-16 MHZ). I have SCO System V/386 unix running on my
>	ALR flaxcache 20386 and SunOS 4.1 on a SPARCstation 1, and
>	Mach (BSD 4.3) running on my 68040 NeXTcube. Question is this:

>	a) Is it possible to put a Coherent machine on my network?
>	(TCP/IP Ethernet coax)

There are reports that someone is working on this.

>	b) What kind of performance should I expect from Coherent? I
>	am rather dissappointed with the performance of SCO unix under
>	the 80386, and am not going to bother if Coherent is not much 
>	better.

For some things Coherent will be faster, even more so once the 32 bit kernel
comes out.

>	c) Does Coherent come with TCP/IP and stuff (nfs, etc.)?

See above.

>	d) What is coherent's C compiler like? Is it as good as the c
>	compilers on the NeXT, SPARC, and SCO - 386 machines?

It's a fairly good compiler.  Mark Williams has been dealing in C compilers
for years.

>	e) The ad says "20 MB disk". Is that really all? After seeing
>	320+ MB disappear from my cube when I installed 2.0 Extended, that
>	is hard to believe. 

Believe it.

>	f) Does it come with netnews? 

Cnews and rn are now available from an ftp site, and MWC BBS.  I am posting
this from my Coherent machine.

>	g) What about X11R4? I'd like to have it on all of my machines,
>	as it is the only windowing system all of them seem to want to
>	operate (I'd prefer NeXTStep, but NeXT isn't letting Sun use it..
>	:)

Only rumors and guesses.

>That should do it. Thanks a bundle.

Your welcome.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP