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From: bruce.lane@SPAMBLOCK.pss.boeing.com (Bruce Lane)
Subject: Re: BSD for DEC MicroVax?
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:31:41 -0600, Dave Littell <dlittell@onramp.net>
proclaimed:

>Bruce Lane wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, fellow Unix'ers...
>> 
>>         Is there, perchance, a version of BSD for the DEC MicroVAX II,
>> VAXStation II/GPX, or VAXStation 3100?
>> [deletia]
>
>Wasn't DEC's Ultrix product a port of (4.3?) BSD?  Or are you looking
>for the ever-important "low cost" (in the dollar sense)?

	I have no idea. In any case, you're correct; cost is
definitely a factor here. No way I can afford (or justify) DEC's
outrageous prices.

>Either way, good luck and may the Force be with you...

	Thank you. ;-)


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