Is this a reasonable platform for SCO Unix?

[Rick Farris]

In article <1991Apr25.143342.18221 at news.cs.indiana.edu> mikes at iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes:

> I don't use the SCO X11R3 and have not installed the X11R4
> X386, but the SPARC graphics is clearly much much better
> than what I've got.

A Renaissance card under Dell (1kx768x256) or a #9 card
under ODT, with Xoftware X11R4 from AGE Logic
(1280x1024x256) will make the IPC look sick.

Here's how the price breaks down:

25 MHz 486 w/ 8MB, 200 MB, no graphics		$3,000
#9 Graphics eXcellerator (1280x1024x256)	$1,800
NEC 5D 20" monitor				$2,000
Xoftware (X11R4) from AGE Logic			  $600
SCO Open Desktop				$1,000
						-------
						$8,400

Sun IPC w/8 MB, 200 MB, 16" 1190x900 color	$9,995

And the 486 has a much larger, higher resolution screen, and
is quicker.  And you can get software for about half the
price of Sun stuff.  And ODT includes DOS emulation and
Ingres, either of which will cost you an arm and a leg under
Sun.

(I included the Xoftware because it actually loads onto the
#9 card (which has 6 MB of RAM), unburdening the host cpu
from running the X server)

And if you want an inexpensive solution, get a Hercules
Graphics Station card (60 MHz 34010) for about $600 and a
NEC 4D or Nanao 16" monitor for about $800, and get the same
snappy 1kx768x256 performance.

25 MHz 486 w/ 8MB, 200 MB, no graphics		$3,000
Hercules Graphics Station Card			  $600
NEC 4D 16"					$1,000
Xoftware (X11R4) from AGE Logic			  $600
SCO Open Desktop				$1,000
						-------
						$6,200

Still better performance than the IPC.


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