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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: OS compare (Unix/clone)
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!think.com!unixland!rmkhome!rmk
- From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 12:16:01 GMT
- Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
- Message-ID: <9207250719.08@rmkhome.UUCP>
- References: <1992Jul22.155542.27586@aie.nl> <Brtsqr.Bq8@well.sf.ca.us> <michaelv.711923616@vincent1.iastate.edu> <1992Jul24.001255.13675@csx.cciw.ca>
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- In article <1992Jul24.001255.13675@csx.cciw.ca> hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley) writes:
- >In article <michaelv.711923616@vincent1.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
- >>As someone said, don't forget 386BSD.
- >>
- >>P.S. You canNOT run _any_ real multiprocessing operating system on an
- >>XT. It can't even be done well on a 286 (witness DesqView and Coherent
- >>3.X). You need at least a 386sx if you want to do unix in any
- >>reasonable fashion.
- >
- >Just where do you get off saying this???
- >
- >If you mean multi-processing as in multiple processors, then no current PC
- >unix-like OS will do it.
-
- That's not quite true. SCO MPX is a multi-processing UNIX for Intel class
- machines. Multiple 486 cards from Corollary can be stuffed into EISA slots.
- I've seen an NEC 486 12 slot EISA AT box that was capable od supporting about
- 200 terminals. It had 8 processors cards.
-
- >AND IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT MY 12-MHZ 286 IS NOT MULTITASKING AT THIS
- >VERY MOMENT THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER THING COMING!
- >
- >COHERENT 3.2.1 RUNS MULTIPLE TASKS AND MULTIPLE USERS VERY WELL! JUST WHAT
- >WERE YOU SMOKING WHEN YOU WROTE THE ABOVE MESSAGE (and where can I get some
- >for myself ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ?
-
- Very true. UNIX came to the Intel world on 8088 and 286 boxes.
-
- The following have been popular multitasking operating systems for the 286:
-
- Coherent
- Minix
- XENIX
- VENIX
- DesqView
- Topview
- QNX
- XINU
-
- >The day when 386BSD is stable enough to run for a few hours, I might (and I
- >mean might) take a look at it. I like my tech. support and manuals, thank
- >you very much!
-
- If I had an "extra" machine, I would probably use it for Linux or 386BSD.
-
- --
-
- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP unixland!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
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