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From: tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.microport
Subject: Looking for info on Microport
Keywords: 286 386 Timely Port
Message-ID: <4341@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 88 13:30:27 GMT
References: <1238@qetzal.UUCP>
Reply-To: tvf@ccird3.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer)
Organization: CCI, Communications Systems Division, Rochester, NY
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[Et tu, line-eater? (If there ever WAS a line eater)]

I am looking for information on porting an application running on various
SySV boxes to a PC running Microport UNIX.  My questions are:

1) Microport V/AT is obviously the more mature product, but this application
   may (we're not sure) need the added processing speed of a 386.  How
   reliable is the 386 version?  If we have a short schedule, would it be wiser
   to use the 286 version?

2) The application does a lot of i/o via the serial port.  I've seen various
   messages about problems with the tty drivers.  What kinds of bugs have
   people experienced?  Can the tty drivers be trusted to handle a lot of data?

Please mail replies to me at the address below.  If anyone wants a summary
of what I find out, send me a message and I'll return one.  If there is
enough interest, I'll post it.

Thanks in advance!

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Tom Frauenhofer
...!rochester!cci632!ccird3!tvf or tfra_c56@vera.cc.rochester.edu

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