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From: Gary Walsh <Gary_Walsh@spire.hds.co.uk>
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: 18 Jan 1996 09:16:04 GMT
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I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten) wrote:
>In article <4dbun0$j2f@park.uvsc.edu>,
>Terry Lambert  <terry@lambert.org> wrote:

>
>> 4)	Available for Motorolla based hadware so a heterogeneous
>> 	environment can provide the user with a near-identical
>
>How many serious sites still use Motorola suns as anything more than X
>terminals?  Why would they do such a thing?  The last release for
>Motorola was 4.1.1 (4.1.1_U1, perhaps?) so they had been cut loose even
>before SunOS 5 hit the streets (a friend of mine saw a very early SVR4
>from Sun on a 3/80, so the whole thing's marketing-led anyway).  Sun 2s
>were dropped in 4.0.3.
>
>

I don't think the reference was to Motorola Suns, but to Motorola 
PowerStack machines.  These are PReP-compliant machines (PowerPC CPU)
that can run a number of Operating Systems including AIX 4.1,
Solaris 2.5, Windows NT,....  That means you can install Solaris, 
realise what a mistake that was, then install AIX instead without
changing the hardware platform.....

Gary


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Gary Walsh                         E-mail: Gary_Walsh@spire.hds.co.uk
Open Systems Product Specialist    Phone:  +44 1753 618806
Hitachi Data Systems               Fax:    +44 1753 618576
Sefton Park
Stoke Poges                        Disclaimer: My views, not HDS'
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England
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