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Xref: sserve comp.sys.next.hardware:13558 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14271 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!cft From: cft@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Flash Tarnas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Intel Help (for a unix on intel newbie) Date: 5 Nov 1994 22:36:09 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 39 Message-ID: <39h1cp$5d3@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <39443i$5ju@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1994Nov5.181724.16258@news.vanderbilt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu In article <1994Nov5.181724.16258@news.vanderbilt.edu>, Thomas Katzlberger <katzlbt@necs> wrote: >Christopher Flash Tarnas (cft@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote: > [snip] > >: I'm looking into getting a 486dx2 66 to run NeXT, BSD, and >: (unless I can help it) windoze. I was wondering what I should look >: for when purchasing a system/parts. (what's compatable, whats not) >: I'm a student so my budget is not large (at all :). I'm just >: looking now, waiting for my paychecks and trying to forget about >: university bills. > > >I don't understand the Question NeXT OR BSD ! >The NeXT Operating system includes BSD UNXIX in the MACH kernel, >or as kernel sever in the MACH 3.0 kernel (NS3.3 (?)) and DOS, swodniW >can be alternativeley booted at startup. > >Check NeXT's hardware compatibility guide. > >-- >Thomas Katzlberger >katzlbt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu > I've found that out. I knew that NeXT was based on BSD, but I wasn't sure how much BSD remained. I still might boot up a only BSD system at times (when I get the $$ to get the hardware) to save on speed. ( straight bsd has a slightly smaller overhead than NS ;-) -cft ------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Tarnas UCSC CATS-ICL Student Help Desk | cft@cats.ucsc.edu iclhelp@cats.ucsc.edu | Home: (408)-427-1064 Work: (408)-459-4693 |