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From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: .xenix .microport groups
Message-ID: <551@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 13 Aug 88 15:24:20 GMT
References: <550@pcrat.UUCP> <1259@holos0.UUCP> <11801@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
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In article <11801@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <1259@holos0.UUCP> fsg@holos0.UUCP (Frank Glass) writes:
>> With the impending merge of UNIX, it makes more sense to just break
>> the groups as "i286" and "i386".
>
>  There is a mailing list for ALL 386 users and issues, formed because
>there was not enough separate information for a group just on the 386.

Probably was a good idea.  But the traffic on 386
is much greater now.  Seems a bit silly that
users of 386 UNIX must use a mailing list or cross
post, while users of specific vendors 286 UNIX's
have the luxury of a newsgroup.



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