Which Unix to Buy?
ted devin
edevin at corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU
Fri Aug 24 04:03:39 AEST 1990
I am going to be purchasing a 386 unix soon for a 386SX system with 4 Megs
RAM and about 180M of disk. The issues in order of importance:
- Compatibility
I am going to be compiling NNTP and Cnews on this system, and maybe
some mail software. When I tell the program to configure itself
as SYSV, I want SYSV. I have tried Xenix/286 on a 286 and found
it a major hassle.
It also must be able to handle two RLL disk drives, using an
Aptec controller. This is a must.
It also should handle multi-port I/O cards pretty well, but this
isn't essensial.
- Price
I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is
only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several
hundred to a thousand is not.
Post or e-mail is fine with me. Any suggestion will be graciously accepted.
Thanks in advance.
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