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From: steve@hacker.uucp (Stephen Youndt)
Subject: Re: Unix close for 486 - commens requested
References: <CEH.93Aug5102012@alouette.sce.carleton.ca> <93218.091520IETAM@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Organization: My Home Computer, Burke, VA
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1993 12:07:24 GMT
Message-ID: <CBE1oD.2Ez@hacker.uucp>
Reply-To: steve@hacker.UUCP (Stephen Youndt)
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In article <93218.091520IETAM@ASUACAD.BITNET> IETAM@ASUACAD.BITNET writes:
>In article <CEH.93Aug5102012@alouette.sce.carleton.ca>,
>ceh@alouette.sce.carleton.ca (Curtis Hrischuk) says:
>>
>>Hi.  I am looking for comments about using 80486 PCs as Unix boxes.
>
>The June 15, 1993 issue of PC Magazine evaluates the following Unixes for
>Intel:
>
>   Consensys V 4.2
>   Dell Unix System V Release 4
>   Interactive Unix
>   SCO Open Desktop
>   UnixWare
>   NeXTStep for Intell Processors
>   Solaris for x86
>
>Check it out...
>
>Thom.McCarty@asu.edu

Better yet, pick up a copy of the FAQ on the same subject. It discusses
all these and more in great detail.

  ftp.uu.net:/usenet/comp.unix.sysv386/PC-clone_UNIX_Software_Buyer_s_Guide.Z

Is one place to get it. I'm sure there are many others.

Steve
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