Re: BSD Unix for the PC?

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From: John C. Archambeau
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1989 05:16

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atk@tigger.colorado.edu (Alan T. Krantz) writes:
>Is a BSD version of unix available for the PC (80386)? If so - how much
>is it?

We went over this before, there is no such thing.  A lot of System V
implementations with a C-Shell, but no real BSD.  The closest thing is
SunOS 4.0.x for the Sun 386, but that will only run on a Sun 386i.

Why SCO and various other makers of PC-Unix license from AT&T instead of BSD
is a mystery to me, but that's the way it works in the PC domain.

     // JCA

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