Subject: Re: Sun i386 thing!
To: None <Sean.Witham@asa.co.uk>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.rmkhome.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 03/18/1998 14:01:49
Sean Witham said:

>If Dave Brownlee hasn't already answerd you yet (he's on the list)
>sending the question to norm@mono.org. The mono BBS used NetBSD and
>I believe it used sun i386's at one stage.

The Sun 386i uses a proprietary Sun motherboard. It is in no way
wintel compatible, and will not even boot MSDOS.

As I remember, there were 2 models - 386/16 and 386/25. Their unpopularity
cam from the fact that they were just too slow. Sun prototyped a 486i,
but never manufactured it.

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