What does one get into when buying a Unix PC?
James E. Ward
f0057 at uafhp.uucp
Thu Jun 29 00:27:52 AEST 1989
Hello out there. I've just read every article available to me in this
newsgroup. I have an Atari 520 ST and really lust after Unix. I see
that there are 7300 Unix-pc machines available for under $1000 complete
with Unix System V. I am considering purchasing one, but would like to
get some feel for what I am getting into before I leap. I understand
that I may soon outgrow .5 meg RAM and 20 meg of disk space, and that
the machine is slow. How slow is slow? My definition of slow: the original
IBM PC. Is it that slow?
Also, an Internet node is a local call away. What kind of connectivity to
Usenet and the rest of the world can I get with a 2400 baud modem? Am I
too ignorant to get into this machine?
Should I buy the latest release of the os, or get the discounted previous
release?
I have been a user on a Unix system for several years, and I once had an
IBM PC/AT with a Xenix partition. I set it up and administered it, allowed
buds to dial-up and login. Have I much more or less to accomplish with this
machine?
Does the GNU stuff work easily? (I am a GNU emacs fanatic!)
Just testing the water before I discover I have drowned or am swimming. Any
help or comments will be appreciated.
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