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From: alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu (alex wetmore)
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Subject: Re: The FreeBSD architecture similiar to ?
Date: 26 Jan 1995 15:34:57 GMT
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Etienne de Bruin (edebruin@marge.mikom.csir.co.za) wrote:
> To which architecture is the FreeBSD(2.0 Release) Similiar?

It is a port of BSD 4.4-Lite to the x86 platform, so its similar to
that.  SunOS, Ultrix, and other commercial offerings are also based
on BSD architectures (although usually 4.3 or 4.2) so they are all
fairly similar platforms from the admin and programming point of view.

alex