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From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: BSD vs. LINUX
Message-ID: <D1xwzJ.5ED@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh
References: <D18449.Kvs@park.uvsc.edu> <D1B81t.24H@bonkers.taronga.com> <D1qzJ6.206@indirect.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 16:11:43 GMT
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In article <D1qzJ6.206@indirect.com> wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) writes:

>Let's port RSX to the PC/386 architecture!

The obvious system to port is Multics.  The 386 segmentation and
protection mechanisms look extremely Multics-like.

-- Richard
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fall fra thair ene".                    - J G Frazer, The Golden Bough