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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:54558 comp.unix.misc:9056 comp.os.386bsd.misc:922 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!magnesium.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!aw2t+ From: "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS? Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 09:52:55 -0400 Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <wgXnIrO00Uh_02XCoW@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po4.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <2C8E9252.3016@news.service.uci.edu> Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.386bsd.misc: 9-Sep-93 Re: What are the various PC.. by Jeff Stern@aris.ss.uci.e > Wouldn't this, however, be an argument *for* getting a 486? I am just > wondering, as I have heard that UNIX on a 486 should conceivably run > better because the 486's hardware, especially if it has a local bus, > accesses peripherals, especially the hard drive, much more > efficiently, so that users are not as affected by others using the > drive... The hardware is pretty much the same as on 386 systems (which is why a lot of motherboards let you plug in a 386 or 486 these days). Local bus should speed up disk access (esp with scsi) and video access, but you can get local bus for 386 machines as well. I agree with the above statement that you really don't need a 486 (I used to run bsd on a 386dx/16 with a 387 very happily, but wanted more memory which meant buying a new motherboard, so I got a 486sx). On the other hand with MB prices being so low these days (about a $30 difference between a 386/33 and a 486sx/25) why not just buy the 486... alex