edevin@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) (08/24/90)
I am going to be purchasing a 386 unix soon for a 386SX system with 4 Megs RAM and about 180M of disk. The issues in order of importance: - Compatibility I am going to be compiling NNTP and Cnews on this system, and maybe some mail software. When I tell the program to configure itself as SYSV, I want SYSV. I have tried Xenix/286 on a 286 and found it a major hassle. It also must be able to handle two RLL disk drives, using an Aptec controller. This is a must. It also should handle multi-port I/O cards pretty well, but this isn't essensial. - Price I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several hundred to a thousand is not. Post or e-mail is fine with me. Any suggestion will be graciously accepted. Thanks in advance. +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Bill Poitras | Polygen Corporation | {princeton mit-eddie | | (bill) | Waltham, MA USA | bu sunne}!polygen!bill | | | | bill@polygen.com | +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+
mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) (08/26/90)
edevin@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) writes: > - Price > I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is > only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several > hundred to a thousand is not. If you think you're going to get off for a "few hundred" for a complete UNIX OS, then you're only kidding yourself. Most UNIX OS's (XENIX, ESIX, etc) run over $500 for the OS. In order to make your budget, it looks like you need to buy something used. MD -- -- Michael P. Deignan, President -- Small Business Systems, Inc. -- -- Domain: mpd@anomaly.sbs.com -- Box 17220, Esmond, RI 02917 -- -- UUCP: ...uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd -- Telebit: +1 401 455 0347 -- -- XENIX Archives: login: xxcp, password: xenix Index: ~/SOFTLIST --
tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) (08/28/90)
In article <2743@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >edevin@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) writes: >> - Price >> I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is >> only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several >> hundred to a thousand is not. > >If you think you're going to get off for a "few hundred" for a complete >UNIX OS, then you're only kidding yourself. Most UNIX OS's (XENIX, ESIX, etc) >run over $500 for the OS. At the risk of anticipating Ted's own response -- I think it's clear from context that he is saying a couple of hundred dollars' DIFFERENCE in price is a minor point -- not that he expects to pay a couple of hundred, total. -- "I feel like I know her, but sometimes /\/\ Tom Neff my arms bend back." -- Laura's dream cousin / / \ tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM
calhoun@usaos.UUCP (Warren D. Calhoun) (08/28/90)
In article <2743@anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: * edevin@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) writes: * * - Price * * I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is * * only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several * * hundred to a thousand is not. * * If you think you're going to get off for a "few hundred" for a complete * UNIX OS, then you're only kidding yourself. Most UNIX OS's (XENIX, ESIX, etc) * run over $500 for the OS. * * In order to make your budget, it looks like you need to buy something used. * I just bought SCO ODT (limited user) for $680.00. While I was negotiating, I was offered the SCO System V 3.2 (also limited user) for $387.00. Shopping the VARs and informing them of the budget restriction can sometimes net you a savings. Considering that even at ~$400.00, there is still more than a 100% profit margin (discounting R&D), this is still not a bad deal for SCO or for the reseller. It is also more than $200.00 better than SCO's listed retail price. -- | SSG W.D. Calhoun | UUCP: ...!uunet!usaos!calhoun | | Gas Turbine Engine (52F) Branch | INTERNET: calhoun%usaos@uunet.uu.net | | The U.S. Army Ordnance School | CompUServe: 76336.2212@compuserve.com | | Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 | Voice: (703) 664-3396/3595 |
bill@polygen.uucp (Bill Poitras) (09/02/90)
In article <2743@anomaly.sbs.com> mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: >edevin@corwin.CCS.Northeastern.EDU (ted devin) writes: >> - Price >> I would like to make this a economical as possible. This is >> only a minor point. A couple hundred dollars is 'minor'. Several >> hundred to a thousand is not. > >If you think you're going to get off for a "few hundred" for a complete >UNIX OS, then you're only kidding yourself. Most UNIX OS's (XENIX, ESIX, etc) >run over $500 for the OS. No, I think I wrote it wrong. What I meant to say was different. When I wrote this article (by the way from a differnet Usenet site) the most important issue is compatibility with SYSV. The next is price. If one Unix (ISC for example) is as compatible as I want, and so is AT&T even a little more so, then I will buy AT&T only if the price difference between them is a few hundred dollars. I won't buy the slightly more compatible one if its a few thousands dollars DIFFERENCE. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Also, I don't remember If I mentioned this, but my Unix must work with WD1006-SVR2 (RLL) controller Zeos 386SX Motherboard Also I want experiences with compiling NNTP, Cnews, and a news reader. Please include Unix type, ethernet board/TCP/IP sofware. +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Bill Poitras | Polygen Corporation | {princeton mit-eddie | | (bill) | Waltham, MA USA | bu sunne}!polygen!bill | | | | bill@polygen.com | +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+