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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,news.admin
Subject: Re: time to make a new newsgroup, filk
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Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 20:27:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 21 20:27:10 1987
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In article <7395@steinmetz.UUCP>, (William E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
> This is a xenix group. In the real world xenix is run on Intel
> processors.

For a long time the number 1 selling UNIX box was the Tandy model 16, with
Xenix on a 68000. It was the price leader.

> I was attempting to point that out to someone who wanted to
> reserve this group for "real xenix" (aka 68k flavor). ]

He was operating on faulty assumptions too.

> | other for a while. Since the ideal solution (UNIX on a 68000 or better for
> | less than 5 grand) doesn't exist, I'll keep my Amiga for the 68000 and use
> Can you say 3B1? Until the end of the month you can get a 3B1 with 2MB
> memory, 67MB hard disk, sysV with virtual memory, and all support
> packages and manuals for <$3k. Contact your Hamilton Avnet dealer. ]

First catch your 3B1. Certainly this deal wasn't available when I bought
my machine, or if it was I had no way of knowing about it.

I'm talking about what anyone can not only buy but also find out
about through normal channels (computer stores and mail-order ads in magazines,
mainly). Also, Microport beats this price by a thousand dollars.

> | Microport for UNIX.
> I had to give up on MicroPort. I want to use my machine's serial
> ports.

Yes, that's a problem. It doesn't however, make your machine's serial ports
unusable. After all, I'm calling it up remotely while it's running uucico
on one of the other ports.

> I switched to Xenix.

If you can afford to buy both Microport and Xenix you probably don't have
any problems with paying more for your computer than for a small car. Some
of us aren't so lucky.
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