ir121@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (Richard T Carson) (05/22/88)
=-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--= I'm sending this from a friend's account. Please reply to keynes!shankar@ucsd.edu ...!ucsd!keynes!shankar =-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-==-=-=--= I'm thinking about getting a Unix box. Many people have suggested a 386-based machine. Others have inclined towards the AT & T 3B2 series. I plan to use the machine for statistical computations. One package that I have in mind is AT & T's S. S is written in C and fortran and requires Unix and C and f77 compilers. It will run on the 3B2 series and on BSD machines. So far I have been unable to find out whether the 386-based machines running Unix offer something close enough to System V/BSD to allow S to be compiled and used. I also don't know what are the pros and cons of 386 machines vs. the 3B1/3B2 series from AT & T. Any information on these topics would be appreciated. thanks shankar subramanian (keynes!shankar@ucsd.edu, ...!ucsd!keynes!shankar)