Request for ALTOS versus NCR comparison

[Bruce M. Himebaugh]

What I am looking for is a good comparison of an Altos Series 5000 versus what
ever the equivalent is for NCR.  A customer of ours (the company I work for) is
going to be purchasing a new system and we are trying to determine which would
best fit his needs.  The system will initially be configured for the following:

	70 users
	20 printers
	 3 modems
	24M - 32M RAM
	600M - 800M hard disk space
	300M - 500M tape drive

The system needs to have the future expandability of:

	100 users
	 30 printers
	  3 modems
	48M-64M RAM
	 1G - 1.5G hard disk space
	300M - 500M tape drive

The OS will be Unix System V (or equivalent).  The software they will be
initially running on the system is:

	- Multiplan Spreadsheet
	- Uniplex Word Processing or comparable
	- Some sort of user friendly mail system (i.e. not /usr/bin/mail)
	- Programs running under MicroSoft compiled basic
	- MultiView (i.e. like JSB's mview)
	- filePro+ 4.0 database from Small Computer Company

The most heavily used software will be the filePro+ database and the compiled
basic programs.  The MultiView product will be used by 20 to 30 users.  The
other software will be used on and off, as needed by everyone.

Future software requirements will include such items as CAD and other graphics
related software.  95% of the people will be using standard ascii terminals,
but down the road some X capability might be needed also.  SCO compatibility
would be nice, but not necessary.

Of course price/performance is the main issue.  They want a fast system, but a
reasonably priced system, hence the price/performance issue is the heavy
factor.

Please keep in mind that what I really want compared at this point is the
hardware NOT the software.  I know the type of software running can make a
difference when comparing hardware, that's why I listed it, but I am not
interested in opinions on what people think of software A versus software B.  I
don't mean to come across nasty, but that's just not what I'm looking for at
this point.

All replies will be GREATLY APPRECIATED.  Please post all replies to
"comp.unix.sysv386" or send e-mail.  Posting would be preferable so that others
can comment on any replies I receive.

Thanks,

Bruce
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Bruce M. Himebaugh                                          Voice: 216-484-3528
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