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From: geller@eli.UUCP
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Subject: Re: DOS vs UNIX: the reality
Message-ID: <129@eli.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 25-Jan-87 19:31:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 25 19:31:35 1987
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Organization: Electric Logic, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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Summary: Unisoft not always so bad!

In article <278@netxcom.UUCP>, beattie@netxcom.UUCP (Brian Beattie) writes:
> ...Unisoft is only one of many ports of UNIX and System III
> is very much out of date.  Having seen Unisoft ports before I would
> use MSDOS before Unisoft.
> 
> I'll take a real UNIX or if I have to XENIX.

Too bad. You might be missing some good stuff out there. I'm running
an IBC/Integrated Business Computers Ensign II. The machine is very
fast and is running Unisoft's Uniplus+ System V.0. The reason IBC has
V.0 is along story (something to do with Unisoft screwing around...)
but I do know that IBC bought the porting kit from Unisoft and did
a great deal of work themselves. The result: a fast dual 68010 based
System V box with 4 Mbytes RAM, 16 ports, blah blah blah (the usual
stuff) and Berkeley enhancements. OK - you don't like swapping UNIX -
well IBC has a nice proprietary caching mechanism that uses its own
1 Mbyte RAM and the second 68010. Very fast.

So what's my point? Not all Unisoft ports are bad and almost anything
is better than MS-DOS. I've used both for many years. I'll also take
Unisoft to XENIX anyday!

David Geller
Electric Logic, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
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