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- From: trumpet-user@dkfz-heidelberg.de (Don Ward)
- Subject: Re: Coherent Vs Sun OS
- Message-ID: <trumpet-user.31.713786416@dkfz-heidelberg.de>
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- Organization: German Cancer Center
- References: <1992Aug11.183721.6604@mr.med.ge.com> <1992Aug11.232401.29059@uswmrg.mrg.uswest.com.mrg.uswest.com> <1992Aug13.094701.16274@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:00:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.094701.16274@iitmax.iit.edu> pred@iitmax.iit.edu (Predrag S. Bundalo) writes:
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- >In article <1992Aug11.232401.29059@uswmrg.mrg.uswest.com.mrg.uswest.com> chris@engineer.mrg.uswest.com (Chris Fedde) writes:
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- >Slower? If it's smaller--all things considered--it's probably faster.
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- >Does SunOS 4.x run on PCs? We could settle this empirically . . .
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- >Pred Bundalo
-
- >PS I think there are a _few_ more differences than just those mentioned.
- > For instance, I'm pretty sure SunOS is based on BSD 4.3--although I
- > heard something about them planning to switch to SYSVR4--while
- > COHERENT is based on SYSV.
- >--
-
- I use a sun at work.(SLC sparkstation) It's not very fast. It boots faster
- then my coherent at home (386 25Mh). Speed for commands is simaler. I have
- never messured the speeds however my impression is that the two machines are
- simmaler in speed. Note sun doesn't sell the SLC any more, and the new
- sparkstations are all faster. We have a sunsever here, and it is lots faster.
- SunOS 4.1.* doesn't run on a PC, however solars will. It should be out in
- the next year or so.
-
- note: sunos.4.1.2 is a lot easer to manage then coherent, of cource the
- vmunix file is 1.6Mb and I have about 200Mb of system and X on the disk.
-
- don ward
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- if you want me to be able to read you post, then you have to set the
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- my spelling. please excuse.
- Don Ward at: zdv620@support.inet.dkfz-heidelberg.de
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