tgm@ukc.UUCP (03/02/87)
Has anybody out there in netland know anything about what the Symmetrics 375 machine is like? We're considering it as an alternative to the Sun/Microvax-II -- we're really poor :-( -- we can get 4 375's for 1 Sun! What I'd really like to know would be things like * How fast is it? (compared to uVax/Sun) * How good is it's UNIX port -- what's BSD on a 32016 like in general? * How good is it's standard disc * Does it take years and years to convert software for it, or are the machine differences fairly small? (I've not used a 32016 before so I'm wondering how different it really is) * Is there a better value machine? $5000 seems pretty good to me for a basic machine. [Basically, ANY comments at all as I know absolutely NOTHING about this box] All comments will be appreciated, as we're a little out on a limb here in good old Ireland, and 32016 experts are a little thin on the ground! Please reply by e-mail directly -- our direct news links have been cut (our feed is suffering from a bad case of bureaucracy) if anybody else wants to know what I find out, I will summarise to the net. Hugh Grant seismo!mcvax!ukc!tcdmath!hugh