wsinpdb@lso.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra) (03/20/90)
We're (the univ of Antwerp actually) purchasing 386 systems for use with Unix and VPIX. Availability of hardware still leaves a lot to desire in Europe. We would like to get systems that run X-windows, have Ethernet, a tape streamer, etc. One of the systems will be the server, the others will be clients. (We will get 3 to 5 systems, hence it is a very small network.) We are considering any Unix (AT&T, ESIX, Interactive, SCO, Intel) but slightly favor AT&T or ESIX. Our questions relate to the following peripherals: - tape drive. We currently have been offered the Archive ST600 with Scorpion SC499 controller. Will this work with any Unix? Has anyone actually got this combination working? I know that an Everex controller with Wangtek drive works fine with AT&T, and supposedly also with ESIX, but we can't get them in Antwerp. - ethernet. We are offered the WD LAN EPR F 001, 8Kb ethernet card. Does anyone know that beastie? Any chance of getting Unix to use it? - bus mouse. Which Unix will work with a Microsoft mouse? AT&T for sure wants a Logitech mouse, which I think is very good, but we are still looking for a supplier in Antwerp. - disk controller. There seem to be 2 different WD 1007 controllers: WD 1007A-WA2 and WD 1007V-SE2. The latter should have some kind of cache. Is any one using the version with cache with Unix. Is it any better than the version with cache? What differences are there besides the cache? The sad part about the whole story is that I have a system, mostly from US source, which runs fine, but has components which we are unable to find in Antwerp (or Belgium). (Everex/Wangtek drive, Paradise VGA card, Logitech mouse, Adaptec disk controller...) Thanks for any info. Paul. (debra@research.att.com) <-- just for mail, i'm not physically there