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From: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 (fast) PC/AT
Message-ID: <430@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 2 Dec 88 05:02:52 GMT
References: <417@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <137@carroll1.UUCP>
Reply-To: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester, Computing Center
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In article <137@carroll1.UUCP> tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes:
>In article <417@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>, mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes:
>> Any experiences with the Sun 386i?
>
>No experience, but the Sun 386i is more than a 386 box.  It is a full UNIX 
>compatible workstation with built in networking utilities/hardware, etc.
>It is also very expensive.

I have lots of experience with the 386i.  I worked for Sun during its
development in the Summer of '87, and then this past summer I had one on my
desk all summer.  Personally I love the thing.  It is a full-fledged Sun
workstation though, that happens to have DOS and some/most PC
compatibility.  It is NOT the other way around - a PC with Sun/UNIX
compatibility.  It's DOS performance will not be up to par with pure DOS
machines because much of it is done in software, running under UNIX and
the Sun windowing system.

As Suns go, it's great.  It's faster and cheaper than most Sun-3s ... and
it's got color for a lot less money, I believe.

I'm not sure why you're asking ... if you're looking for a UNIX workstation
that can do PC stuff, both hardware and software, then this is it.  If you're
looking for a DOS that allows you to use UNIX, then this isn't it.

Josh
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