chuck@uswat.UUCP (Chuck Luciano) (08/23/90)
I will be bringing up SCO UNIX on my 386sx at home as soon as the %^&#*#&
vendor gets it to me, and I have a couple of basic questions:
Can I copy files from DOS diskettes to unix? This is how I plan to
get gnu software to the machine.
Is VPIX worth the $$$.
Can I still boot DOS without a boot floppy?
How much disk space will I really need for UNIX/Dev kit.
I am running a 16mhz 386sx with two seagate 42mb drives (1-38ms,
& 1-28ms).
This is not specifically a UNIX ? but I'll ask anyway. I have been
told that an IDE drive connects to a mfm controller. Is this true?
Can I run IDE and MFM together?
Will SCO UNIX support a mountain filesafe qic-40 type tape drive?
What is the general opinion on SCO vs all the others? (No net.wars
please!) Please keep in mind that I got SCO at a pretty low price.
Chuck Luciano
On contract at U.S. West Advanced Technologies
303-921-9113smwong@hantsu.enet.dec.com (Stephen Wong) (08/24/90)
In article <10558@uswat.UUCP>, chuck@uswat.UUCP (Chuck Luciano) writes: |> I will be bringing up SCO UNIX on my 386sx at home as soon as the %^&#*#& |> vendor gets it to me, and I have a couple of basic questions: |> |> Can I copy files from DOS diskettes to unix? This is how I plan to |> get gnu software to the machine. Yes, you can user doscp command to copy MS-DOS files to/from Unix file system. |> |> Is VPIX worth the $$$. DOS-merge is generally better than VPIX, no flame please!! |> |> Can I still boot DOS without a boot floppy? Yes, when your hard disk boots, type DOS at the prompt will get you to MS-DOS partition on hard disk. |> |> How much disk space will I really need for UNIX/Dev kit. |> 100MB in my opinion is minimum for serious development project. |> I am running a 16mhz 386sx with two seagate 42mb drives (1-38ms, |> & 1-28ms). |> |> This is not specifically a UNIX ? but I'll ask anyway. I have been |> told that an IDE drive connects to a mfm controller. Is this true? |> |> Can I run IDE and MFM together? If you can set your MFM controller to use secondary I/O port, int 15 and disable its on-board floppy controller if any, then you can run IDE host adapter and MFM controller together. |> |> Will SCO UNIX support a mountain filesafe qic-40 type tape drive? SCO UNIX supports QIC-40 compatible floppy controller type tape drive. |> |> What is the general opinion on SCO vs all the others? (No net.wars |> please!) Please keep in mind that I got SCO at a pretty low price. I don't want to get in any war, no answer sorry! |> |> |> Chuck Luciano |> On contract at U.S. West Advanced Technologies |> 303-921-9113 |> I'm not speaking for SCO anyway. stephen@hantsq.enet.dec.com
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (08/30/90)
In article <1990Aug24.122452@hantsu.enet.dec.com> stephen@hantsq.enet.dec.com (Stephen Wong) writes: | |> | |> Is VPIX worth the $$$. | | DOS-merge is generally better than VPIX, no flame please!! Since I run both, I can tell you that the choice is clear, you run both. The performance of VP/ix is far better in graphics modes when running direct to the screen. Programs which write screen direct run much faster under VP/ix. On the other hand, when you want to run DOS in an X-window, a prime thing to do for me, you use merge. I think I would use VP/ix if I had to choose, but they both have their strong points. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
wnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul) (08/31/90)
In article <1635@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
)| DOS-merge is generally better than VPIX, no flame please!!
)
) Since I run both, I can tell you that the choice is clear, you run
)both. The performance of VP/ix is far better in graphics modes when
)running direct to the screen. Programs which write screen direct run
)much faster under VP/ix. On the other hand, when you want to run DOS in
)an X-window, a prime thing to do for me, you use merge.
)
) I think I would use VP/ix if I had to choose, but they both have their
)strong points.
Is it possible to run both on the same system, i.e. can they both
co-exist under, say, ISC 386/ix 2.2?? And if so, where does one get
Merge for ISC?
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* * * * Kurt Waldheim for President (of Mars, of course!) * * * *jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) (09/02/90)
In article <865@iiasa.UUCP> wnp@iiasa.UUCP (wolf paul) writes: >In article <1635@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >)| DOS-merge is generally better than VPIX, no flame please!! >Is it possible to run both on the same system, i.e. can they both >co-exist under, say, ISC 386/ix 2.2?? And if so, where does one get >Merge for ISC? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry, the answer is nowhere, you can't get Locus' Merge for Interactive, it requires a great deal of code in the kernel to support it. Locus did the code in SCO's 3.2 kernel for Merge support. Now since VPiX is ISC's own product I doubt very much whether they would be interested in providing a competitor's product :-}. Disclaimer: I don't speak for LCC. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM
shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (09/04/90)
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) writes: >Sorry, the answer is nowhere, you can't get Locus' Merge for Interactive, >it requires a great deal of code in the kernel to support it. Locus did >the code in SCO's 3.2 kernel for Merge support. Now since VPiX is ISC's >own product I doubt very much whether they would be interested in providing >a competitor's product :-}. As it turns out, SCO licenses VP/ix from Interactive (who developed VP/ix with Phoenix) and makes it available for both Xenix and UNIX. They also, as I understand it, license Lachman's TCP/IP, but Lachman is now part of Kodak (as is Interactive). According to the ODT Release Notes, both Merge and VP/ix can be supported. As far as ISC is concerned, however, I suspect one IS limited to VP/ix alone, as Jack suggests.