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From: lvw@rama.UUCP (Lyndon VanWagner)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Should I buy a 3b1?
Keywords: unixpc,home computer,msdos compatibility
Message-ID: <10678@rama.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 90 18:00:32 GMT
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Organization: Scientific Calculations, Fishers, NY
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I'm considering purchasing a used unix-pc (3b1, 7300) as a home machine.
However, I would like to check on its MSDOS (if any) compatibility, when
the DOS board is installed.  Can anyone give me their experiences with
this?  Is the screen compatible with some IBM PC graphics board?

Or, should I wait for the Intel 386 prices to drop, and put ESIX on
it?  Of course, then I would have to wait for a year or so...  I am so
sick and tired of using my non-standard, floppy-based, MSDOS machine
(a Tandy 2000) and want a real Unix machine for home use!

How big is the following for the 3b1?  Where can I get support for it?
Where can I get software (like enhancements and a software development
system) for it?  (You see, I'm new to this newsgroup - so please be 
nice: no flames please).  I happened to read about a proposed System V
Rel 3.2 port for the 3b1.  What/if-anything has happened to this idea?
Was it canned because there wasn't enough technical documentation on the
in-nards?  (Its too bad, that when a company decides to drop and orphan
a machine, it doesn't make the technical information public domain).
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