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From: zben@umd5 (Ben Cranston)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix on Univac 1160
Message-ID: <1392@umd5>
Date: Sat, 13-Dec-86 20:37:53 EST
Article-I.D.: umd5.1392
Posted: Sat Dec 13 20:37:53 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Dec-86 01:22:08 EST
References: <501@brl-sem.ARPA> <1540@uwmcsd1.UUCP>
Reply-To: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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Summary: PEP also considered useful for non-Unix systems
Xref: mnetor comp.misc:46 comp.unix.questions:350

In article <1540@uwmcsd1.UUCP> jgd@uwmcsd1.UUCP (John G Dobnick) writes:

> Unisys markets System V.? for 1100 series machines under the name SX/1100.

? = standard SVR2 except for shell layers, SVR3 expected 4th quarter 87.

> [something about it being a dog..]
> Another "product" called PEF (Performance Enhancement Feature) corrects
> this by increasing the efficiency of the memory allocator.  This is
> [in my opinion] a *bug fix*, but they still charge for it.  

PEP is algorithms that deal with large process queues, and is even useful 
if one is running 140 or more simultanious users on a NON-Unix Unisys...

> [I think their Marketing people were trying to emulate Itty Bitty  
> on this one.]

Probably true...  But Big Blue made Big Bux that way, and the Unisys guys
have mortgages and hungry children to feed just like we do...
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