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From: thurlow@peyto.eng.sun.com (Robert Thurlow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:49:35 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
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In article <DL3Bv8.22H@ritz.mordor.com>,
Bennett Todd <bet@ritz.mordor.com> wrote:

>By 2.5 Sun seems to have made Solaris 2 nearly as useable as SunOS 4.x was 5
>years ago. As long as you've got an SS-20 with 128MB of memory to run it on,
>it plods along OK

It runs nicely on my SparcStation 2 with 32 Mb, as well.  What are
you doing to make an SS 20 plod?

Rob T
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