Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!ucsd!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!telmail!neabbs!richard From: richard@neabbs.UUCP (RICHARD RONTELTAP) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Bell Tech 386 SysVr3 Message-ID: <20308@neabbs.UUCP> Date: 18 Aug 88 23:15:07 GMT Organization: NEABBS multi-line BBS +31-20-717666 (12x), Amsterdam, Holland Lines: 30 > different vendor catagories under the specific processors. Here is an > example of what I mean: > comp.unix.i286 General 80286 UNIX discussions > comp.unix.i386 General 80386 UNIX discussions > comp.unix.i286.microport For System V/AT > comp.unix.i386.microport For System V/386 > comp.unix.i386.ix For IX from Interactive for the 80386 > comp.unix.i286.xenix For 80286 Xenix > comp.unix.1386.xenix For 80386 Xenix > > I know this idea will create a half dozen new groups, but it > will certanly keep similar interests togeather. Also there > should be no big deal about several subdivisions, it's only a > couple extra subdirectories on our systems :-) I don't think this is a good idea. Because of ignorance or getting maximum response, people will cross post in most of these groups. This may be slightly annoying voor local terminal news readers, but some people, like me read the news via modem! Also I can't remember what the reason was for splitting into 286 and 386. For example: my 286 and 386 XENIX's are almost identical. The only obvious difference being that the 386 version can execute and generate (cc) 386 code. Richard (...!mcvax!neabbs!richard)