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I haven't seen this question asked in the last week and a half, so I thought
I'd give it a try.

I want to find out more about Unix environments for 386 machines.  

So far the only packages I can get information about are Xenix and Unix
from SCO.

Info about me and my machine...I am used to doing C programming on various
suns running SunOS 4.0.3, so I am Berkeley oriented. I have a 386 clone with
4 meg of memory (64K cache), and a 120 meg hard disk. Really, I want this
system to do C development of (application-type) software that I can run on 
the 386, but also port to other Unix systems.  

Questions:

1) About Xenix vs. Unix from SCO. Is there any real difference between the
two (other than price)?  SCO tells me Xenix is really System V version 3.1
and Unix is System V version 3.2. I don't know enough about System V to tell
if that makes a difference.

2) Running DOS applications under Unix/Xenix/Whatever. How is it to run
DOS applications (like Ventura) under VP/IX with Xenix (or some equivalent
Unix/DOS combination)? Is the performance acceptable? Is it wise to invest
in such software or would it be just as good to have a separate DOS
partition on the disk. I ask this because my understanding is that running 
DOS windows on a SPARCstation gives one the performance of a unaccelerated 
PC/XT...

3) AT&T and Intel. I have heard that AT&T and Intel are marketing (will 
market soon?) Unix for the 386. Any idea how much these systems cost?
Who sells them? Does anyone like/dislike either one? Are they bundled
into separate packages like the SCO products?

4) Who else has (386) Unix systems? Are these "full" unixes or just useful
shells? What are the compilers, debuggers, like? Who sells them?

Thanks for any info you can supply on any part of the above. If you can,
please reply by mail.

--Margaret Myers

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