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From: denny@mcmi.UUCP (Dennis Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Query about the quality of UNIX/PCs and 3b1's (really 3b1 unix)
Message-ID: <166@mcmi.UUCP>
Date: 29 Dec 87 14:25:45 GMT
References: <9691@shemp.UCLA.EDU> <18017@clyde.ATT.COM> <997@bakerst.UUCP> <2208@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Medical Computer Management, Omaha, NE
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In article <2208@crash.cts.com> ford%kenobi@crash.CTS.COM (Michael Ditto) writes:
>In all normally visible aspects of the system, however, there are no
>significant deviations from System V Release 2.
>
>The C Compiler, assembler, and loader are the standard 68010 tools from the
>"SGS" (Software Generation System) from AT&T.  They are essentially identical
>to the versions that would be found on any 68000 Unix System V (For example,
>the CounterPoint Computers 68020 systems, and the HP-350 68020 systems).
>
>[...]  When the user agent
>is not used, what is left is a very complete port of System V Release 2
>with a few extras thrown in.


Woa, woa, let's not get carried away here...

The HP-350, while SVID, is based on Berkley.  And it still comes a damn
site closer to looking like a VR2 machine than the unix-pc does.

No significant deviations?  What about cron?  Madre!

-- 
Denny Page

Martha, the Clones are loose again!