Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!styx!twg-ap!amdahl!pyramid!hplabs!tektronix!reed!omssw2!ogcvax!pase From: pase@ogcvax.UUCP (Douglas M. Pase) Newsgroups: net.micro.ns32k Subject: Re: Query: Symmetric 375 computer Message-ID: <1092@ogcvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 12:20:47 EDT Article-I.D.: ogcvax.1092 Posted: Mon Sep 15 12:20:47 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Sep-86 20:49:02 EDT References: <174@grpthry.UUCP> <537@rna.UUCP> Reply-To: pase@ogcvax.UUCP (Douglas M. Pase) Distribution: net Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR Lines: 13 In article chongo@amdahl.UUCP (Landon Curt Noll) writes: >In article <537@rna.UUCP> dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) writes: > [...] >> The real competition, I believe, is a PC AT (at 8-12 Mhz) running >>Xenix, which one can also find for about $5000. A PC AT running Xenix can also >>perform close to a VAX 11/750. No VM, though. > >I have seen a Symmetric out perform a PC AT/Xenix system. > Besides, who would ever accept a Xenix OS over 4.2BSD? 4.2BSD is MUCH nicer! -- Doug Pase -- ...ucbvax!tektronix!ogcvax!pase or pase@Oregon-Grad