[comp.unix.xenix] multi user uucp

pixel@hobbes.cc.iastate.edu (Rauhauser Neal Robert) (08/24/90)

	We are planning on using the following hardware for a
xenix system.

	 12 MHz 286
	 4 megs of memory
	 80 meg scsi disk with ST02 controller
	 some sort of intelligent 8 port board

 The system will have three duties
 
	1.) allow up to 8 users to call in via UUCP and access 
	    the same >200k file 

	2.) allow a single instance of a foxbase program to be run
	    periodically

	3.) allow at the console to query a database of 10k records

  We don't anticipate much use from the console user. Is this a workable
system? If not, what would you add to it to make it useable? Please reply
via email.

             Thanks ,
			Neal

p.s. can Foxbase write a dBase III+ readable .dbf file? 
What about .ndx files?

cat@tygra.UUCP (John Palmer) (08/24/90)

In article <1990Aug24.025419.8009@fs-1.iastate.edu> pixel@iastate.edu writes:
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}	We are planning on using the following hardware for a
}xenix system.
}
}	 12 MHz 286

Do yourself a favor - get a *80386* not a 286

}	 4 megs of memory
}	 80 meg scsi disk with ST02 controller
}	 some sort of intelligent 8 port board

DIGIBOARD PC/8i works fine.

}  We don't anticipate much use from the console user. Is this a workable
}system? If not, what would you add to it to make it useable? Please reply
}via email.
}
}p.s. can Foxbase write a dBase III+ readable .dbf file? 
}What about .ndx files?

I'm not sure Foxbase will run under Xenix/286 - I think you need a 386, but
an not sure.