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From: franklin@turing.cs.rpi.edu (W. Randolph Franklin WRF)
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Subject: Re: looking for Sun/RT comparison
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Date: 10 Dec 88 08:17:53 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 42, message 11 of 13

Don't forget to check the absolute capabilities, as well as speeds.

1. AIX has no job control, i.e. no foregrounding a background job.

2. The smaller RTs have small max memories, and (used to?) have no
serial ports.

3. There are many 3rd party hw and sw suppliers for Sun.

						   Wm. Randolph Franklin
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Paper: ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180

Wm. Randolph Franklin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(518) 276-6077, Franklin@turing.cs.rpi.edu