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From: andyb@stb.info.com (Andy B.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
Subject: Re: Are there any BSD-derived UNIX versions for 386's?
Message-ID: <1991May31.205759.5628@stb.info.com>
Date: 31 May 91 20:57:59 GMT
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mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes:
> 2.  Buy a used Sun 386i.  They are a drug on the market now (one surplus house
>     had 386i/150's for sale for $2000, new, for months with apparently few
>     takers).  I'd go for a 386i/250; one with a 19" color monitor and 330MB
>     HD/60MB tape drive went last year for $5000, and the prices should be
>     lower now by a good bit.
> 
> My experience with a 386i/250 was that it was quite a bit slower than a
> 386/20 running SCO XENIX, especially when the system loaded up.  However,
> things like X11R4 apparently compile on the 386i without giant hassles.

This caught my eye.  Does anyone have a list of the various Suns
in order of speed/power/price?  386i/250 would seem to be faster
than a 386/20 just from the naming convention.  Is this a fluke?

Andy
-- 
If it's not broken...your girlfriend will get bored with it anyway.