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- From: dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (Don Nichols (DoN.))
- Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: uNIX on tired iron FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.034301.25466@ceilidh.beartrack.com>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 03:43:01 GMT
- References: <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> <erd.03io@kumiss.cmhnet.org> <1992Sep6.120818.2522@sugra.uucp>
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- In article <1992Sep6.120818.2522@sugra.uucp> ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) writes:
- >In article <erd.03io@kumiss.cmhnet.org:, erd@kumiss.cmhnet.org (Ethan Dicks) writes:
- >: In article <id.WKWS.O4A@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- >: >Pixar, and whatever other old no-longer-supported uNIX systems let me know.
- >: How about a "Perkin-Elmer 7350 Professional" computer? We used one for
-
- [ ... ]
-
- >: and a SASI/ST506 disk combo. The machine runs System III. The consultant
- >: wants <$400 for it. I am not sure I want go pick it up because it is
- >: old and not supported. The original disks and a full set of manuals are
- >: available.
- >
- >Personally I would not get that beast. We had constant problems with disk
-
- [ ... ]
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- >five people could sign on at the same time. *MAYBE* I would get the
- >7350A, which had an almost decent amount of memory.
-
- If I lived close enough, I would probably pick it up, if for no
- other reason than that I don't have an example of SysIII. I have v7,
- SysVr2, BSD4.2( SunOs & UTek ), but no SysIII.
-
- Whether I'd bother running it full time like I do the Suns and the
- UNIX-PCs, however, is a different matter. :-)
-
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