larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (12/25/89)
> My expectations for a machine are 20Mhz 386, 2M RAM, moderate sized hard-disk > (cache??), VGA, etc. > > This will be a personal machine, for the most part, since Suns dominate my > work place. My concerns are as follows: > > 1) Is 2M going to be sufficient RAM to run some flavor of UNIX > with the expectation that it will not be loaded with users? 2 megabytes WILL work, but I would suggest getting 4 megabytes. I am running with an AMI motherboard that has 72 sockets for RAM chips - and can handle up to 8 megabytes - which I should be at later this week. If you plan on running Xenix instead of Unix, 2 megabytes should be fine for starters. > 3) Are the DOS emulators out there reasonably robust? Also, > are they reasonably cheap? Around $395 list prices for a limited users release which in most cases will be all that is needed. Running multiple DOS sessions under UNIX can "load" a machine real quick. -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN uucp: root@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!root