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From: ccastks@pyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Seefried iii)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: UNIX system V release 3 on 80386
Keywords: UNIX SYSTEM V 80386
Message-ID: <5785@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Date: 19 May 88 22:35:37 GMT
References: <1893@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <5782@pyr.gatech.EDU> <10906@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: ccastks@pyr.UUCP (Ken Seefried iii)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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In article <10906@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <5782@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccastks@pyr.UUCP (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
>
>| Bell Technologies is a reseller for Interactive 386/ix which is the official
>| System V rel.3 product for the 386 (Intel and AT&T contracted Interactive
>| to do the port).
>
>  Actually I believe that BT wrote the device drivers for the certified
>UNIX port, and they are selling that port now (unmodified). INteractive
>and MicroPort have made changes (thay may be enhancements) to the base
>port.
 
Doubled checked this one, as i HATE to make wild statments only to find out
that i was wrong.

According to a buddy at AT&T, Interactive is indeed the ones who did the
first (only?) original certified port of System V rel. 3 for the 80386.
Bell (care of Susan Ong, southern regonal sales manager) concurrs that they
are selling the interactive port unadulterated except for the fact that 
they wrote several new device drivers (very well, it seems).

Microport took the Interactive port and mucked with the kernal and device
drivers, adding what appear to be performance tuning and some Berkeleyism.

>Opinion: I tried Xenix/386, IN/ix, and V/386. I bought Xenix (with my
>own money) because it was reliable.

Agreed, the Xenix package is much more stable.  However, i too bought my
own package, and at half the price, for me Interactive is the best deal.

Either way, you get what you pay for...;'}


	ken seefried iii
	ken@gatech.edu


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