jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (07/11/90)
Hi Friends: I am looking for an UNIX development system running on Zenith 386. some suggested INTERACTIVE UNIX. others suggested SCO UNIX. Both UNIX are new for me. I only read an article from "UNIX Today" about the impression of system package installation on INTERACTIVE UNIX. I still don't know much details about the INTERACTIVE UNIX and SCO UNIX. What I most concern are the technical supports, compatibilities with System V and BSD socket system, the performance, and the capability of running TCP/IP, NFS, and X-Window system. Are someone out there have any experience with the INTERACTIVE UNIX or SCO UNIX? I appreciate any comments from them. Thanks in advance. Jian Q. Li jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
burkett@wf-aus.cactus.org (Craig Burkett) (07/16/90)
jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > Hi Friends: > I am looking for an UNIX development system running on Zenith 386. some > suggested INTERACTIVE UNIX. others suggested SCO UNIX. Both UNIX are new for > me. I only read an article from "UNIX Today" about the impression of system > package installation on INTERACTIVE UNIX. I still don't know much details > about the INTERACTIVE UNIX and SCO UNIX. What I most concern are the technica > supports, compatibilities with System V and BSD socket system, the performanc > and the capability of running TCP/IP, NFS, and X-Window system. Are someone > out there have any experience with the INTERACTIVE UNIX or SCO UNIX? I > appreciate any comments from them. Thanks in advance. > > Jian Q. Li > jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
burkett@wf-aus.cactus.org (Craig Burkett) (07/16/90)
jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > Hi Friends: > I am looking for an UNIX development system running on Zenith 386. some > suggested INTERACTIVE UNIX. others suggested SCO UNIX. Both UNIX are new for > me. I only read an article from "UNIX Today" about the impression of system > package installation on INTERACTIVE UNIX. I still don't know much details > about the INTERACTIVE UNIX and SCO UNIX. What I most concern are the technica > supports, compatibilities with System V and BSD socket system, the performanc > and the capability of running TCP/IP, NFS, and X-Window system. Are someone > out there have any experience with the INTERACTIVE UNIX or SCO UNIX? I > appreciate any comments from them. Thanks in advance. > > Jian Q. Li > jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu I am strongly compelled to tell you that Interactive's technical support program leaves little to be desired and would recommend that you look into another vendor such as ESSEX to acquire a UNIX platform since they seem to have a good support mechanism. As for me I'll just have to lick my wounds
rick@tmiuv0.uucp (07/18/90)
In article <24918.269af3a8@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > Hi Friends: > I am looking for an UNIX development system running on Zenith 386. some > suggested INTERACTIVE UNIX. others suggested SCO UNIX. Both UNIX are new for > me. I only read an article from "UNIX Today" about the impression of system > package installation on INTERACTIVE UNIX. I still don't know much details > about the INTERACTIVE UNIX and SCO UNIX. What I most concern are the technical > supports, compatibilities with System V and BSD socket system, the performance, > and the capability of running TCP/IP, NFS, and X-Window system. Are someone > out there have any experience with the INTERACTIVE UNIX or SCO UNIX? I > appreciate any comments from them. Thanks in advance. > > Jian Q. Li > jian@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Well, I have SCO Unix here at the office, but I've not installed it on a system (the hardware hasn't shown up yet). I can't give you any real info about it other than vague assertions about the manuals (which I'm not overly happy about). The SCO manuals appear to be well done in the sense of physical appearance, but they decided to go away from the "blah(1)", "blah(2)" method of numbering manual pages, and instead created their own. What in "normal" SVR3 documentation would be "cpio(1)", for example, is "cpio(C)" (the "C" meaning "command"). In a similar fashion, they have ADM (administration), HW (hardware), and others. At home, I use Everex's ESIX. Now, this is a subjective opinion, but I find it to be a good implementation of System V, Release 3. The tech support folk at ESIX are terrific, and you absolutely cannot beat the price. A full unlimited user system with development software including the manuals is somewhere around $800 (U.S.), whereas the equivalent SCO Unix is about $1500 or so. Interactive's is about the same price as SCO's product. Also, ESIX has a really nice upgrade policy. For example, to upgrade from their revision C product to their new revision D, all you need to do is send them $95 (U.S.) and your boot disk and they send you an entirely new set of disks. I've heard that an eqivalent upgrade from ISC is about $600, but I may have heard wrong. All in all, I'd suggest ESIX. It's good, cheap, efficient, and the tech support is the best of all three. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [- O] Rick Stevens ? EMail: uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick -or- uunet!zardoz!xyclone!sysop V CIS: 75006,1355 (75006.1355@compuserve.com from Internet) "I'm tellin' ya, Valiant! Da whole ting stinks like yesterday's diapers!" - Baby Herman in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------