A summary of simple Unix machines (no gui's, X, etc.)

[John Lacey]

Several eons ago (actually about a month) I posted a request for
suggestions for plain UNIX boxes, no flashy graphics and windowing
needed, or even desired.  Are there such beasts?  To be blunt, from
the replies I got, the answer is no.   There were, however, some 
"close but no cigar" suggestions, which might be of interest to 
some.

Most frequent suggestion:  
        The 3b1 _is_ still supported by AT&T, so go with that---a cheap
        System V system.

Other contenders:
        Old Sun 3s, or a Sun 386i. 
	Megadata Corp. 68k-based Model 6 and 7 
	386-based SysVr3.2, Xenix, etc.

Multi-user boxes:
        Integrated Solutions Optimum V16S or V24S (BSD)
        AT&T 3B2/600 (SysV [of course])
        Pyramid 98x (dual universe SysV/BSD) [widely called a solid machine]
        Sequent Balance (???, NS32000)
        DEC VAX 11/750 or MicroVAX II (BSD [aka Ultrix])


My thanks to all those who sent me info, including
 
Bud Hovell         ...!{sun!nosun|tektronix!percival}!whizz!bbh
Dan Trottier       dan at maccs.McMaster.CA
Pat Barron         pat at orac.pgh.pa.us
Gregg Siegfried    grs at cblph.att.com
Les Mikesell       les at chinet.chi.il.us

and especially,

Ken Seefried III   ken at gatech.edu

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