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- From: kooper@dutiws.tudelft.nl (Rob Kooper)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos
- Subject: Re: Unix/XWindow on my 486...Where/How much?
- Message-ID: <2027@dutiws.tudelft.nl>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 08:20:53 GMT
- References: <17dtuhINNff4@early-bird.think.com>
- Organization: Delft University of Technology
- Lines: 28
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- In article <17dtuhINNff4@early-bird.think.com> philip@think.com (Philip Mucci) writes:
- >
- > Hi all,
- >
- > I am thinking of buying a 486, but only if it will run Unix and X
- >windows. The other day I called an SCO dealer and they said that a fully
- >configured software package (read: C compiler, Unix, and X - no NFS) for a
- >single user would cost $1600.0 with student discount!! I might as well keep
- >my amiga and buy unix for it. That's ridiculous. Could someone give me a
- >rundown on what kind of Unix/X packages are available for the 486?
- >
- > Thanks,
- > -Pjm
-
- You can run both Unix an X11 for, believe it or not, nothing.
-
- Now for the serious part. There is a Unix, named Linux, which is freeware.
- There is also a port for X11, problem is it isn't running on all videocards.
- As far as I know it does support Tseng, Paradise and some other cards. If you
- want more information about Linux and/or X11 please check the newsgroup:
- comp.os.linux
-
- Goodluck
- --
- Robert-Jan Kooper | We're living in an age when lemonade is
- rob@is.twi.tudelft.nl | made with artificial ingredients and
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- | -Alfred E. Neuman (MAD #310)
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