lesh@BRL.ARPA (ISC | howard) (01/09/87)
Has anyone had any experience with the Microport System V/AT? Any comments concerning documentation, ease of installation, missing Unix utilities, software robustness(sic?) or anything else you think may be of interest would be appreciated. We will be using it on Zenith 248's. We have not ordered our hardware yet but would like to use the Plus Development Hardcard instead of the Zenith Winchester.
ee161aba@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (David L. Smith) (01/10/87)
In article <2230@brl-adm.ARPA> lesh@BRL.ARPA (ISC | howard) writes: > > Has anyone had any experience with the Microport System V/AT? >Any comments concerning documentation, ease of installation, missing Unix >utilities, software robustness(sic?) or anything else you think may be of >interest would be appreciated. I've currently got Microport running. I'm very pleased with it, although it does have bugs, but Microport has been pretty good about supporting me. As far as I can tell, it has all the stuff System V is supposed to have. A couple of features, such as shell layering, don't work yet but R.S.N. Documentation is standard man pages in the IBM PC manual size. Installation is a breeze. I got the system installed in under an hour. If you've got specific questions, feel free to drop me mail. You want at least a meg and a half of RAM to run in. Anything less and the system runs very slowly. -- Cheers, David L. Smith {ucbvax, ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcc18!ee161aba "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"