Info wanted about Unix based PC's
Andy DeFaria
defaria at hpclapd.HP.COM
Thu Sep 6 03:48:24 AEST 1990
Excuse me for the dumb question but:
What Unix based PC's are available.
I have no PC at present and am thinking of buying one. I tried a couple of
local PC dealers and they showed me their best DOS setups. After sticking
my finger down my thought and puking on the salesmans shoes :-) I decided
that I would probably like a Unix based system. They said that they don't
sell Unix based systems.
So I would like some info on what's available in the way of Unix based
PC's. How/Where would I get them? What software comes as part of the base
Unix OS? What hardware is required? Prices? etc, etc, /etc! :-)
What I'm looking for is somewhat of a scaled down model of what I have at
work (an HP 9000 series 350 using X) for as cheap as possible. I want to
have a color monitor, multiprocessing, C, Pascal and what not (can I get a
Turbo Pascal for a Unix based system?) and, of course, editors like Emacs
and/or vi.
Although it's tempting to just go for the DOS system and use stuff like MS
Windows 3.0, I would really like to be able to work on more than one thing
at a time like at work. From what I've seen of MS Windows and DOS
(probably the real culprit) you can't do this on the "standard" PC. Is
this possible with a Unix based PC?
Also, Unix is just a better environment than DOS anyway. One of my goals
is to help my girlfriend learn more about computers and programming. DOS
seems woefully inadequate and totally non-standard to be able to do
anything "right". Also there is more market appeal for someone who knows
Unix.
Any info would be much appreceiated.
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