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From: quiroz@cs.rochester.edu (Cesar Quiroz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Tandy 4000 & Unix for it
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Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 02:05:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 14 02:05:30 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 16:35:59 EST
Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept., Rochester, NY
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We are thinking of buying a 4000 for home use, and attach to it the
best graphics monitor/card we can afford (think PGA here).  MS-DOS is
rather out of the question, so we are debating Xenix vs Uport.  As
Microport's version is cheaper, we'd like to consider that one first.

1) What doesn't work?  All systems have bugs, some worse than others.
How painful is it to go from a BSD environment at work to a uport 386
home?

2) We can bet there are no /dev/pga drivers.  Is it possible to load
our own drivers, even in the absence of source?

I will appreciate very much hearing from actual experience, and will
summarize if enough interest appears.  Thanks!

-- 
Cesar Augusto  Quiroz Gonzalez
Department of Computer Science     ...allegra!rochester!quiroz
University of Rochester            or
Rochester,  NY 14627               quiroz@cs.rochester.edu