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- From: ctrbdo@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (bryan d oakley)
- Subject: Re: What is a 386i???
- Message-ID: <By4yC8.G8@iapa.uucp%mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu>
- Organization: FAA / Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:00:06 GMT
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- > I have a friend interested in buying a used Sun 386i but either
- > of use have any idea what exactly it is. I assume that it really a
- > ibm pc clone with sold buy Sun which happens to come with a Sun os
- > installed. Right???
- >
- > Ke-Wei
- >> It has Sun-style frame buffers, and Sun-style serial port chips, and a
- >> Sun-style network interface; I think other peripherals are also
- >> Sun-style peripherals.
- >>
- >>> It was also pretty much of a flop. Like I told one person:
- >>> "imagine IBM deciding to build a PC based on the 68030 and make it
- >>> compatible with MS-DOS."
- >>>
- >>> -Pete
-
- ... but it is somewhat useful. You can get X11R5, gcc and most other
- GNU stuff up and running on it. And I believe you can pick them up
- for a song these days. I'm using one at work and, though I can't wait
- until it gets replaced, it works well all things considered.
-
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