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Re: SunPC or Puzzle Systems?

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From: Yves Morin
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:25
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tinkess@cambridge.mitchell.com (Randall Tinkess) writes:


>Hello PC emulator users!

>I have to make a choice between the SunPC emulator product or a 
>similar product which is made by Puzzle Systems. I don't
>know which is the better choice. The Sun product is 486-25MHz
>and Puzzle offers the 486 at both 25 and 30MHz.

>I know that clock speed on the co-processor card is only one of many
>factors to consider but I don't have any empirical data to evaluate.

>Does anyone have a recommendation about these products? 

I do have a recommendation buy a PC clone.  Here we have both and neither is
a viable solution since both are unstable and have various limitations.

I must say that Sun PC is better and easier to configure.


>One of my main concerns is the switch-over to Solaris 2.1 and my
>fear that a third-party product may be slow to advance the needed
>drivers!

Sun PC isn't Solaris 2.x ready yet... and we have not heard from puzzle....

>Any thoughts are, as always, greatly appreciated.

>Randy T.


>-- 
>Randall Tinkess                                          Mitchell International
>tinkess@mitchell.com                                     9889 Willow Creek Road
>(619) 578-6550 x 6458                                       San Diego CA, 92131

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