doug@cornell.UUCP (Douglas Campbell) (04/25/85)
AT Xenix review:
Durability: quite good. I have yet to have a crash. Twice the cp
command didn't accept what I thought were valid arguments,
but that's the only unexpected thing so far.
Speed: about like a mildly loaded 750. Don't expect to have two
compilations go at once with any speed. Only one heavy
user at a time is reasonable.
Functionality: The only Berkeleyism I miss is the job control - the
^Z, fg, and all that. Seems to have all the others.
The C compiler occasionally doesn't know the return
types of some of its own built-in functions, so they
must be declared explicitly.
Professional Graphics Adapter review:
Speed: slow. Forget about dynamic 3-d displays.
Functionality: Lots of fancy features. However, the bit masking
commands don't work right, making overlays virtually
impossible.
Hard disk temperature theory:
Our AT that went bad here (1 out of 4) was in an unheated room when
it died! All the others have been in well-heated environments. There may
be something to this theory.
Doug Campbell
doug@cornell.{UUCP|ARPA}