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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: The REAL problem is the nature of personal computers.
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Date: 14 Jan 88 21:34:24 GMT
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In article <2136@gryphon.CTS.COM> (Richard Sexton) writes:
> So, what I have here -- real numbers -- retail -- with profit margins:
> AT , 1 meg ram, 40meg hd, ega, mono monitor, 2nd 40 meg, Xenix = $3800 
> adding  >8 ports, 2.5 meg ram = $5000 

Yup, you could even do it cheaper if you went with a single 80Meg drive
rather than two 40's (although it might be slower). But when I worked at
Intel and used Xenix on the 286/310 box, while being real system 3 UNIX
it had some real limitations in the compilers and memory models. It really
broke down when valid 'UNIX code' played games with pointers etc. But so
that it is perfectly clear ...

Yes, the AT box with Xenix, heck with AT&T's UNIX System V/286 is "real"
UNIX. However, until '386 boxes become more common and just about all the
code your likely to run into will work with only minor semantic changes
accounting for system calls or library call differences, I would argue
that it would not be as 'fun' to use. All personal opinion mind you...


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