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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!caen!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!gtoal From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) Subject: Re: BSD for a 386 Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 00:59:01 GMT Message-ID: <BxFC2E.Ixv@ibmpcug.co.uk> References: <1992Nov8.203738.16802@netcom.com> Lines: 17 In article <1992Nov8.203738.16802@netcom.com> newman@netcom.com (Charles E Newman) writes: > > > How much does BSD for the 386 cost? One one community college I went >to got it for their mainframe machine, BSD UNIX cost them $5000. Is it that >much for a PC and how much Hard Disk space does it require. The mainframe >versions tipically take 120 megs of disk space. At least that is what it takes >on a VAX Brother, did you come to the right place :-) Set yourself down and follow the postings here for a few days till you find out whats what. In brief, you can get a *very* nice 386bsd running on DOS hardware for free. I'm running on a 150Mb drive with a full - but binary only - distribution, and enough room left over t do serious work. Regards, G. --