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- From: mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli)
- Subject: Re: 386/33 DX machine: what unix options do I have
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.223706.19657@grebyn.com>
- Organization: Grebyn Timesharing
- References: <92Nov5.164644est.42003@ois.db.toronto.edu> <1992Nov6.182902.18649@mdd.comm.mot.com> <97543@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:37:06 GMT
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- In article <97543@netnews.upenn.edu> seetha@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Seetha Ayyalasomayajula) writes:
- >folks,
- >I have just bought a 386 machine and would like to run unix (i hate
- >using dos). I considered SysV R4.2 but can't afford the $350 price
- >tag? I don't care if the unix flavor is berkeley orSysV but would
- >like the option of running dos applications under the unix OS.
- >
- >Any recommendation/suggestions much appreciated.
- >
- >Rao
- >P.S; In your experience, is a 386/33 machine perform adequately, when
- > running unix?
- >
- What you really need to do is make sure you have enough memory. I have
- run SCO ODT 1.1 on a 386/20 with 12MB, and it runs pretty well.
- Apparently ODT 2.0 is bigger, because this runs noticably worse on the
- same machine. But a 386/33 with >= 12MB should serve you pretty well,
- I'd think.
- --
- Marc Fraioli
- mfraioli@grebyn.com (So I'm a minimalist...)
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