jdl@zeke.UUCP (Joe Linoff) (12/16/86)
Help! I am trying to put together a UNIX system for a small software development group. Can anyone out there give me some suggestions? Listed below are the base requirements. 1. ethernet interface 2. minimum 2 Mb of no wait state memory (s/b expandable beyond 16 Mb) 3. minimum of 150 Mb hard disk storage 4. floppy disk (1 Mb) 5. UNIX (System V.3 or BSD 4.2) 6. CPU (>12 Mhz) with MMU, FPU, 2 or more RS-232 ports (68020,WE32100,???) 7. 1-4 users per node 8. relatively inexpensive (<$15,000) Thank you. Joe Linoff c/o Zycad ...!amdahl!meccts!mecc!zeke!jdl
kehres@styx.UUCP (Tim Kehres) (12/18/86)
In article <114@zeke.UUCP> jdl@zeke.UUCP (Joe Linoff) writes: > >Help! I am trying to put together a UNIX system for a small software >development group. Can anyone out there give me some suggestions? Listed >below are the base requirements. > > 1. ethernet interface > 2. minimum 2 Mb of no wait state memory (s/b expandable beyond 16 Mb) > 3. minimum of 150 Mb hard disk storage > 4. floppy disk (1 Mb) > 5. UNIX (System V.3 or BSD 4.2) > 6. CPU (>12 Mhz) with MMU, FPU, 2 or more RS-232 ports > (68020,WE32100,???) > 7. 1-4 users per node > 8. relatively inexpensive (<$15,000) There was a new machine introduced at Comdex by LF Technologies that you may be interested in looking at. I have not used this machines, but it lookes like it might be a good machine to consider. After our luck with some other small (an inexpensive) UNIX machines, this one is probably worth looking at. After all, it can't be a whole lot worse. The machine runs either SVR2 or SVR3 (I don't have the sales stuff here). It is supposed to be a real UNIX (no XENIX or other immitations). They will support ethernet, although we have not heard back from them which protocols they support. The memory and disk storage requirements should be easy to meet. In addition, I believe that they are working on some 386 based machines that should be introduced soon (if not already). Another possible plus for the machine is that it is very small (11 inch cube I believe). Should be easy to move around. The company is located somewhere in Nevada, however we have a local sales office. I have the following info: LF Technologies Regional Sales Office 2140 Peralta, Suite 204 Fremont, California 94536 (415) 791-0291 Hope this is of some help. Tim Kehres Control Data Corporaton / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ---------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: {lll-crg,ihnp4!lll-lcc}!styx!kehres ARPA: kehres@lll-tis-b.ARPA AT&T: (415) 463-6852