Upgrading 386 for UNIX and DOS - disks? SCSI? Mice? COM boards?
Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs
wcs at cbnewsh.att.com
Wed Oct 3 06:34:11 AEST 1990
I'm planning to upgrade my old 16MHz AT&T 6386. I want to be able
to run AT&T UNIX SVR3.2.2 and MS-DOS/Windows (in separate partitions.)
1) Can I use a SCSI disk, or should I use ESDI instead? Do the
standard OS drivers support SCSI? The current ST506 is too slow.
2) Mice - the standard AT&T bus mouse works ok in UNIX - can Windows
3.0 recognize it also?
3) COM boards - I want to add 2 RS-232 ports, and have them usable
from either DOS or UNIX. Will any cheap 2-port board work,
or do I have to avoid certain brands? Will the boards come
with UNIX drivers, or do the standard drivers support everything?
Thanks; Bill
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Thanks; Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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