annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) (03/12/90)
I am astounded that SCO is abandoning support for Xenix. We are being strontgly pressured by a third party image processing system supplier to convert out existing unix system from IBM Unix V2.0 to SCO Xenix -- now I learn SCO Xenix is disappearing -- and upgrade to SCO Unix might not be immediately possible because our image processing product will need modification to run under SCO Unix -- and eventual upgrade will cost us an additional $1000 ... Maybe I should pressure my vendor to convert to the lower cost Everix ESIX system? What experience (favorable and unfavorable) do people have with ESIX? Thanks, AJ
darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (03/12/90)
In article <23403@usc.edu> annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) writes: >I am astounded that SCO is abandoning support for Xenix. We are being >strontgly pressured by a third party image processing system supplier >to convert out existing unix system from IBM Unix V2.0 to SCO Xenix -- >now I learn SCO Xenix is disappearing -- and upgrade to SCO Unix might >not be immediately possible because our image processing product will >need modification to run under SCO Unix -- and eventual upgrade will >cost us an additional $1000 ... Maybe I should pressure my vendor to >convert to the lower cost Everix ESIX system? > >What experience (favorable and unfavorable) do people have with ESIX? > >Thanks, AJ I have ESIX 3.2 rel B and find it a good solid AT&T port. There were a few problems but Everex seems to putting a lot of effort into fixing them. One thing that is probably important is dealing with someone who is committed to the ESIX product rather than some dealer who just carries it because they carry the rest of the Everex line. Perhaps you should give us some idea of what you want to do and people can give you specific advice based on their experience. I don't mean telling us your specific application but do you need X-Windows, RFS, curses etc. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | Thank goodness we don't get all D'Arcy Cain Consulting | the government we pay for. West Hill, Ontario, Canada | (416) 281-6094 |
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (03/14/90)
In article <23403@usc.edu> annala@neuro.usc.edu (A J Annala) writes: | What experience (favorable and unfavorable) do people have with ESIX? If a program runs under ESIX it will run under ix386 and SCO UNIX as well, unless it deliberately uses a non-standard feature. Of course Xenix programs will run under V.3, too, so that's not a big problem. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc "Getting old is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative" -anon
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (03/14/90)
In article <1990Mar12.145640.4919@druid.uucp>, darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes: > > I have ESIX 3.2 rel B and find it a good solid AT&T port. There were > a few problems but Everex seems to putting a lot of effort into fixing > them. One thing that is probably important is dealing with someone who > is committed to the ESIX product rather than some dealer who just carries > it because they carry the rest of the Everex line. > What is the status of the ESIX fast file system being released in rev D? -- The Northern Star Public Access Unix Site, Notre Dame, Indiana USA uucp: iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry internet: larry@nstar USR HST 219-287-9020 * PEP 219-289-3745 * Hayes V9600 219-289-0286