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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:923 comp.os.linux:54559 comp.unix.misc:9057 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS? Message-ID: <1993Sep9.124023.19409@swan.pyr> Keywords: pc,unix Organization: Swansea University College References: <1993Sep3.120425.21703@swan.pyr> <1993Sep8.132552.5718@mkseast.alt.ns.ca> <2C8E9252.3016@news.service.uci.edu> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 12:40:23 GMT Lines: 14 In article <2C8E9252.3016@news.service.uci.edu> jstern@aris.ss.uci.edu (Jeff Stern) writes: >Wouldn't this, however, be an argument *for* getting a 486? I am just >wondering, as I have heard that UNIX on a 486 should conceivably run >better because the 486's hardware, especially if it has a local bus, >accesses peripherals, especially the hard drive, much more >efficiently, so that users are not as affected by others using the >drive... I said a 486 wasn't that vital talking on CPU grounds. I've not run a local bus machine, but faster video card and disk driving would be a huge asset. Yes it probably is a very good argument. Alan iiitac@pyr.swan.ac.uk