rho@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Raymond Ho) (11/10/89)
Hi everyone, I'm plan to get a set of Unix Sys V variant for my 386 computer. However, there're so many of them out there and I hope you guys/gals and help. I've heard of the one called "ESIX". Its price interests me very much. From the ads, $895 US includes: OS System V 3.2 (they said it is an enhanced version of AT&T Sys V 3.2) Development Tools Xwindow 11.?? ( forgot what exactly how they said it ) TCP/IP multi-user license (up to 32 users) also some reports claim that ESIX is the fastest Unix Sys V available for pcs. Do you know anything about this ESIX? They said it is compatible at binary level with Xenix and Unix, is it true? Thanx! Raymond Ho
vandys@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Andrew Valencia(Seattle)) (11/11/89)
/ hpcupt1:comp.unix.microport / rho@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Raymond Ho) / 9:47 am Nov 9, 1989 / >... >also some reports claim that ESIX is the fastest Unix Sys V available for pcs. That might be an exaggeration. In general it's pretty snappy, but then again a 20 Mhz 80386 might have something to do with that. X11 running with the 16-color VGA mode is awfully slow, especially when scrolling. When you start paging and swapping, system performance really goes down the tubes. > Do you know anything about this ESIX? They said it is compatible at >binary level with Xenix and Unix, is it true? I had numerous 80286 binaries from Microport, and they all ran without a hitch. From this I'd guess that their compatibility claims are true. Andy