greenstr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet) (11/08/89)
I have two questions :-
1. Is there a FULL unix system avaliable for the pc ( 386DX machine)
which is simualar to Berkley unix on the Sun systems? If so I would
appreciate any remarks on it and where it is available from , UK
outlet if possible.
2. I have been using the Phonix bios in my machine for a few years without
any compatability problems. I am about to buy a new motherboard with an
AMI bios. Has anybody come accross any problems with the AMI bios? Is it
better than the Phonix? and can the AMI bios be replaced , if I don't like
it , with the Phonix directly?
Thanks in advance for your comments
R.J.Greenstreetmadd@world.std.com (jim frost) (11/09/89)
greenstr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet) writes: >1. Is there a FULL unix system avaliable for the pc ( 386DX machine) > which is simualar to Berkley unix on the Sun systems? If so I would > appreciate any remarks on it and where it is available from , UK > outlet if possible. Yes, it's SunOS. Currently you cannot get SunOS except for the 386i, so it's probably not useful to you. SysVR4 will be much more BSDish but will not be out for some time yet. I hear talk of a BSD 386 port and a Mach port, but so far as I know these are vaporware. Currently System V is it for PCs, which is too bad. >2. I have been using the Phonix bios in my machine for a few years without > any compatability problems. I am about to buy a new motherboard with an > AMI bios. Has anybody come accross any problems with the AMI bios? I had it in my machine and it worked fine. I'm not a good test, though, since all the BIOS was used for was to boot UNIX. jim frost software tool & die "The World" Public Access Unix for the '90s madd@std.com +1 617-739-WRLD 24hrs {3,12,24}00bps
jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM (Gerald Hawkins) (11/10/89)
greenstr@cst.prl.philips.nl (Roland Greenstreet) writes: >I have two questions :- >1. Is there a FULL unix system avaliable for the pc ( 386DX machine) > which is simualar to Berkley unix on the Sun systems? If so I would > appreciate any remarks on it and where it is available from , UK > outlet if possible. >2. I have been using the Phonix bios in my machine for a few years without > any compatability problems. I am about to buy a new motherboard with an > AMI bios. Has anybody come accross any problems with the AMI bios? Is it > better than the Phonix? and can the AMI bios be replaced , if I don't like > it , with the Phonix directly? >Thanks in advance for your comments >R.J.Greenstreet - - I'm not enough of a UN*X whiz to answer the first. To the second, though, if you want to run UN*X then you are best to stay with Phoenix BIOS. I'm told that you can't run it with AMI or Award. We (Convergent/Unisys) remove the Award BIOS from the CPUs we buy and replace them with Phoenix for this reason. " I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me. Said I, 'But Joe, you're ten years dead.' 'I never died' said he. " Jerry ( jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM ) -----