wall-rt@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Richard Todd Wall) (01/18/90)
I am currently interested in running a unix operating system on
my IBM PC XT clone, and I would like some input from any fellow unix
IBMers as to the best one to get.
Here are some things I would like to have access to...
1) uucp with the ability to get news and send mail to other
unix machines.
2) Have multi-user, multi-processing capibilities.
3) Run a terminal off my serial port.
4) I need one with a C compiler that can handle large files like
NETHACK.
5) And one that will boot off of floppies and then only access
my second hard drive. i.e. I want to still be able to do
MSDOS and not loose my data.
Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.. Thanks again.
-> Todd Wall <-
wall-rt@cscosl.ncsu.edusatam@ecs.umass.edu (Kirtikumar Satam, ECE, UMASS Amherst) (01/18/90)
In article <1990Jan18.035707.23357@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, wall-rt@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Richard Todd Wall) writes: > I am currently interested in running a unix operating system on > my IBM PC XT clone, and I would like some input from any fellow unix > IBMers as to the best one to get. > Here are some things I would like to have access to... > > 1) uucp with the ability to get news and send mail to other > unix machines. > 2) Have multi-user, multi-processing capibilities. > 3) Run a terminal off my serial port. > 4) I need one with a C compiler that can handle large files like > NETHACK. > 5) And one that will boot off of floppies and then only access > my second hard drive. i.e. I want to still be able to do > MSDOS and not loose my data. > One UNIX that comes to my mind is SCO XENIX. I am not sure whether its 3.* versions are supported, but I have seen one XT box with XENIX. But, mind you, the system is terribly slow and takes something like 10-12 minutes to boot, while a 286 box takes 3/4min and 386 2/3min. Again, on a long term basis going for XT for UNIX may not be a very good choice. I feel that a moderately working UNIX systems should at least have 286 on it. And yes, XENIX does give option of floppy booting. But, it also allows DOS and XENIX reside on the disk simultaneously and switching between them is just a matter of rebooting. Thus, it obviates the need of what you want in 5) above. If you are interested in doing serious stuff on UNIX, then my advise will be to invest in some good 386 box and go for either SCO XENIX/UNIX or other 386-based UNIX ( interactive-386 etc) which give DOS capability within these UNIXes. If you follow the newsgroups comp.unix.xenix and comp.unix.i386, you will able to gather a wealth of information before making your decision. -satam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kirtikumar "Mumbaichaa" Satam INTERNET : satam@ecs.umass.edu BITNET : satam@umaecs.bitnet 217 Northwood Apts, Sunderland, MA 01375 Tel# 413-665-3222 ------------------------------------------------------------------------