gah@blft1.UUCP (Gregg Houck SysOp) (08/11/87)
I am really a UNIX user but have had to install a Xenix system for a local beer distrbutor. I am having some problems with speed when 4 users are on-line working. Under Unix I would just add RAM, but that doesn't help with SCO xenix. I should hope that there is a fix for this problem. I have tryed talking with SCO but not buying a lot from them they said your customers support time is up but for xxx dollars we will help. Anyway here is the configguration. IBM PC/AT 8Mhz w/ 67 mb Hard Disk and 3mb ram. Computone outboard 4 SI/O setup for xo/xoff at 9600 baud. SCO Xenix 2.1.3 runtime only. 3 Wyse 50 terminals. Hard wired using 4 cond phone line. Any help with this would be of great help to me and my client. Thankyou, Gregg Houck ComputerLand of State College, PA (814)-237-9000 Voice (814)-355-9163 Voice Home (814)-355-7648 UUCP direct 1200 baud nodename= blft1!gah. or via USENET psuvax1!blft1!gah
michael@macom1.UUCP (Michael Mullins) (08/11/87)
From vn Tue Aug 11 12:44:19 1987 in article <15@blft1.UUCP>, gah@blft1.UUCP (Gregg Houck SysOp) says: > > [Problems with speed/terminal IO] > > IBM PC/AT 8Mhz w/ 67 mb Hard Disk and 3mb ram. > Computone outboard 4 SI/O setup for xo/xoff at 9600 baud. > SCO Xenix 2.1.3 runtime only. > 3 Wyse 50 terminals. Hard wired using 4 cond phone line. > > Gregg Houck > ComputerLand of State College, PA I had several AT clones running Xenix in a past job. We were using the Computione Advantage X, 3mb ram, with a normal load of 6-8 users. I never really experienced a slow down problem that you mention, but I have a guess at what you might try. Since you are using a Computone board, you can just about turn off all the flow control {ie stty flags} that are set in the /etc/gettydefs file. Right now, IO has two processors doing the same job on the same data. Not only is that a waste of the power of the 80286, but it will actually cause communication problems with uucp and micnet. My advice for you is to tailor the gettydef entry for your computone. The only *must have* stty value for the entry is the port rate. BTW, are you using the Computones at the max 38.4 Kb/s ? A note for other Computone users: To make micnet and uucp work on a Computone port, there must be no flow control applied in the /atx/attype file. An alternate fix is to get a replacement driver form you VAR or direct from Computone. -- John Michael Mullins CENTEL Business Information Systems, Inc. 5515 Security Lane, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, (301) 984-3636 UUCP: michael@macom1.UUCP or decuac!macom1!michael