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(Scott Crenshaw) writes:
> >I'd appreciate any comments from users on MicroPort's System V/AT. 

Dan Frank reports:
>    I run it on a Compaq Deskpro 286.  Works very well.

I just brought it up on a Kammerman Labs AT (1MB, 40Mdisk)
It is GREAT, but I'd recomend having more than 1MB ram.  Try 2+ Mb.

I like it, and after using it for all of 24 hours (straight!) I have
the following observations:
    I'm addicted to the virtual terminals (4 screens on the console.
      log on as root on one, yourself on others, who needs job control?)
    The setup and instalation is much better than Xenix (which was
     what I was using till last night...)
    My 40Mb Quantum is now really 40Mb and NOT 32M as Xenix required.

on the minus side:
    it seems slow.  vi(1) takes 12 to 15 seconds to come up
      with the    "filename"  lines/chars   message (4 seconds under Xenix),
    there are no docs for csh(1), although it is included,
    csh(1) has a bug with environment variables:
	the shell script
	    setenv USER john
	    echo $USER
	produces an error stating that USER is an undefined variable!
    the system does not have utilities to add/remove users automatically,
    the manuals are printed (photocopied?) onto small pages with small type
    and cramed into thick binders.  The runtime binder is unwieldy!

Don't take me wrong; I like SYSV from MicroPort!  If you order it, be sure
to ask for the link kit so you can customize your kernel!

	HINT Microport:
	
	   Break out the docs into at least the following bindings:
				      -----

Runtime	   1) Instalation and initiation
	   2) Sections (1) and (7)

	   3) Sections (2), (3) .. (6)
PWB	   4) Programming tools (cc, make, yacc, sccs, as ...)
	   5) Programming libraries (curses, stdio,...)

DWB	   6) Text Preperation

	ADD A USABLE CROSS-REFERENCED INDEX!


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