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Re: UNIX system V release 3 on 80386

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From: John Fruetel
Date: Thu, 19 May 1988 15:19
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In article <1893@ihlpm.ATT.COM> smbkit@ihlpm.ATT.COM (00704a-Bhobe) writes:
>Is UNIX SYSTEM V RELEASE 3 officially available on 80386 based machine? If
>so please let me know about it.
>
>NOTE:
>    
>I.  There is a company called "Bell Technologies" in Fremont,CA that sells 
>    UNIX SYSTEM V RELEASE 3 on 80386 for $145. However I wasn't able to get
>    through to them to ask if they have device drivers for TTY ports.
>
>II. Prentice Hall has announced a new UNIX SYSTEM V/386 series. In that case
>    why is AT & T still shipping  XENIX on its 80386 based machines. Will 
>    someone please enlighten me on this? 

Well, I don't know about Prentice Hall but microport, bell tech and a few
others (forgot who) sell basically the same version of sys V rel 3.  Have
been for quite a while, something like a year.

I don't have it, but a friend does and, sure enough, it's SVR3.

bcnu j fruetel

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From: foobar@koko.UUCP (John Fruetel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: UNIX system V release 3 on 80386
Keywords: UNIX SYSTEM V 80386
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Date: 19 May 88 15:19:10 GMT
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