From: bill@unixland.ci.net (Bill Heiser) Subject: Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS? Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 23:59:12 GMT
In article <michaelv.747547179@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>>>iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) writes:
>>>>In article <chmae.747045462@guug.de> chmae@guug.de (Christoph Maethner) writes:
>>>>>I don't think I will ever need a 486 , I would perfer more RAM.
>>Wouldn't this, however, be an argument *for* getting a 486? I am just
>>wondering, as I have heard that UNIX on a 486 should conceivably run
>>better because the 486's hardware, especially if it has a local bus,
>No matter how fast the drive and controller, RAM will always be
>faster.
I ran a Unix SVR3 on a 386/25. I then upgraded the machine to a
486/33. Overall system performance was *twice* as fast (using the
same peripherals) with the 486 machine than on the 386.
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