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From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The need for BSD.
Message-ID: <18976@amdcad.AMD.COM>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 02:34:22 EST
Article-I.D.: amdcad.18976
Posted: Tue Nov  3 02:34:22 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Nov-87 07:32:25 EST
References: <10069@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices
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In article <10069@brl-adm.ARPA> bh0r@clutx.clarkson.EDU (Rob Logan) writes:
>I talked to the software jock that did the MAC II port of V.3.  (note:
>it was done outside Apple) Although not a 4.2 product banged into sys V
>like SUN did it does have lots of the BSD things we need.  It is baced
>on V.3 but it has: vnodes, NFS, job controle (^z), and BSD sockets, but
>still no file striping. 

This is a minor gripe but, I believe it does not have ^W or ^R and
does not delete tabs in new crt mode "correctly". I hope many
customers will ask for it because I like to have that functionality
and there's a strong chance I'll be using that software. 

(what do you mean "The software jock"? I'm sure more than one person
worked on it.)

-- 
I speak for myself, not the company.

Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com