mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) (11/23/88)
Would anyone care to offer advice? (please use mail) I'm looking for a fast (presumably i386) PC/AT bus (has to accept PC/AT peripherals) machine. I don't care about floating point. EGA graphics or better. Money is a consideration, I can get more of cheap machines. Any experiences with the Sun 386i? Are there compilers that use 32bit mode? A. Colvin ...virginia!babbage!mac3n U.Va. Computer Networks Lab mac3n@virginia.edu
tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) (12/02/88)
In article <417@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>, mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes: > > Any experiences with the Sun 386i? No experience, but the Sun 386i is more than a 386 box. It is a full UNIX compatible workstation with built in networking utilities/hardware, etc. It is also very expensive. -- {backbone}!marque!carroll1!tkopp | "One cannot truly enjoy tkopp@carroll1.UUCP | idling unless one has Whatever else may work.... | plenty of work to do" Thomas J. Kopp | Jerome K. Jerome
joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Josh Sirota) (12/02/88)
In article <137@carroll1.UUCP> tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes: >In article <417@babbage.acc.virginia.edu>, mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) writes: >> Any experiences with the Sun 386i? > >No experience, but the Sun 386i is more than a 386 box. It is a full UNIX >compatible workstation with built in networking utilities/hardware, etc. >It is also very expensive. I have lots of experience with the 386i. I worked for Sun during its development in the Summer of '87, and then this past summer I had one on my desk all summer. Personally I love the thing. It is a full-fledged Sun workstation though, that happens to have DOS and some/most PC compatibility. It is NOT the other way around - a PC with Sun/UNIX compatibility. It's DOS performance will not be up to par with pure DOS machines because much of it is done in software, running under UNIX and the Sun windowing system. As Suns go, it's great. It's faster and cheaper than most Sun-3s ... and it's got color for a lot less money, I believe. I'm not sure why you're asking ... if you're looking for a UNIX workstation that can do PC stuff, both hardware and software, then this is it. If you're looking for a DOS that allows you to use UNIX, then this isn't it. Josh -- Josh Sirota INTERNET: joss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu BITNET: joss_ss@uordbv.bitnet sirota@cs.rochester.edu UUCP: ...!rochester!sirota
pavlov@hscfvax.harvard.edu (G.Pavlov) (12/05/88)
In article <137@carroll1.UUCP>, tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes: > > No experience, but the Sun 386i is more than a 386 box. It is a full UNIX > compatible workstation with built in networking utilities/hardware, etc. > It is also very expensive. > It is "very expensive" if you are looking to purchase a stand-alone 386- based MS/PC DOS machine. Take your favorite clone and add in the "extras" required to equivalence a standard-issue Sun 386i. I believe that you will find the resulting price close to, if not actually exceeding, the price of the Sun. greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny