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- From: skimble@ST-LOUIS-EMH2.ARMY.MIL (Steve W. Kimble)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
- Subject: Request for Information on Inexpensive UNIX Lookalikes
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 15:46:17 -0600
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- I'm looking for information on inexpensive UNIX lookalikes to run on PC-compati-
- bles. Primarily, I'd like to know whether you have any direct experience with
- such an animal. I've heard of Coherent by Mark Williams Company, but have no
- feedback on it; and I know there are others.
-
- What I'm tasked to do is to create a capability to print documents on printers
- attached to PCs. One possibility is to recreate the current method on the PCs.
- The current method involves processing flat files into troff-edible material
- (pic is involved), troff-ing them, and lp-ing the result for a laser printer
- (the PCs will have a Unisys Model 37 printer attached).
-
- The target PC population may be large, so we want to minimize the cost. Does
- anyone know of a suitable, inexpensive UNIX-like product that might do the job?
- If so:
- - What's its name?
- - Where could I get it?
- - What's it cost?
- - How reliable is it?
- -- Does it crash?
- --- How often?
- --- Under what circumstances?
- - How close is it to AT&T UNIX?
- -- What things won't it do?
- -- What things does it do differently?
-
- Please respond directly to me. I'm new here and am not yet a member of the
- group.
- Thanks for any help you can give me.
-
- - Steve Kimble
-