steve@hacker.UUCP (Stephen M. Youndt) (02/28/90)
I appologize for the length of this posting, but I've been saving this up for weeks. In addition, I apollogize if this was already posted, but it's been more than a week and I just recently discovered a bug in my mailer program, so my confidence is not high that any responses could have gotten through. Please read all the way through before responding, as I'm trying to acomplish some very specific things. In addition, I'd appreciate at least one person acknowledging my presence, so that I can have more faith in my software. Hardware: AMAX 386/20 w/ 4Mb (1M 80ns DRAMs) - expandable to 8Mb on MB - 16 total with 32 bit expansion card - 2 8 bit slots & 5 16 bit slots Everex(?) MFM controller (EV-346 PWA-00538-00 is the only id on the board) can control 2 HD and 2 FD Seagate ST4096 80Mb drive Toshiba 5 1/4 1.2M floppy DTK PII-108 RS-232 card (REV-4) Everex Evercom 24E (2400/1200/300 bps) external modem (on COM1/tty00) Hercules Monographics Card (Everex) w/ Parallel printer interface Star Micronics Gemini10x 9 pin parallel dot matrix printer Software: Bell Tech Unix System V/386 Release 3.2u w/ everything except NSU and RFS installed Bell Tech Software Development System Version 4.1.5 (for 3.2u) Lots of other stuff that I built from source code. Wish List: More disk space and better disk performance. - The controller/drive combination are slooooww, but I can't afford to get rid of the drive right now, so I need to be able to keep my MFM drive (unless it's impossible). - 80 Mb would do for now, with the possibility of a bigger drive (300 Mb+ in the future). - Would a SCSI controller and drive work? Tape Backup Unit - 60 Mb per tape would be sufficient, but I wouldn't scoff at more. VGA Graphics & X/Windows - I'd like to run 1024 x 768 non-interlaced if possible as well as be compatible with other modes of VGA (colors/densities). So far the Orchid Prodesigner + with a Sony 1304 (I think that's the model) monitor. - If I can do better than 1024 x 768 I'd like to know about it if it's affordable. - Is there any way to keep the monochrome card and monitor? I don't need to run X on it, but I'm sure I could find a use. - Does SCO's Open Look work under Bell Tech Unix? Parallel Printer card - I need this if I've got to trash the Monographics card. More Intelligent I/O - The two port card works fine, but I could use 2 more ports, 4 more at most. Especially if I'm going to use a serial mouse. Mouse - Should I go with a bus or serial model? IEEE-488 card and driver - I'll need this for later device control. DOS under UNIX program. - Does VP/ix work under X/under Bell Tech UNIX? - Is there something better than VP/ix? Notes: Price is an object. This is a home system, so don't suggest a $2000 piece of hardware. I'm willing to write anything in C if I can get hints. The idea behind this system is for device control experimentation and some image processing. I know that I'll need a co-processor and more memory. How much memory, and which co-processor? I can install either the 387 or Weitek 1167. Any other suggestions for this type of system (replacing certain parts, making software changes, changing the system parameters) are welcome and appreciated. Please send e-mail to me and I'll post a summary if there's enough interest. Thanks in advance. Stephen M. Youndt VAX System Manager "Hacker at Large" ...!uunet!hacker!steve "By the time we realize that ignorance truly is bliss, it's already too late." -- Stephen Youndt
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (03/02/90)
In article <181@hacker.UUCP> steve@hacker.UUCP (Stephen M. Youndt) writes: >I appologize for the length of this posting, but I've been saving this up >for weeks. In addition, I apollogize if this was already posted, but it's >been more than a week and I just recently discovered a bug in my mailer >program, so my confidence is not high that any responses could have gotten >through. Please read all the way through before responding, as I'm trying >to acomplish some very specific things. In addition, I'd appreciate at least >one person acknowledging my presence, so that I can have more faith in my >software. I guess this is sort of a flame, however I just thought I would tell you: Most people do not have 10 years to read news articles and therefor must make a detimation whether or not to read the article before reading most of it. You start out saying that the article is long, that we shouldn't send a response without reading the entire article, etc, etc, There is nothing on the first page that tells me what you are asking and therefore I won't spend the time to look through the entire message. Especially when it is on the order of 100 lines. This might explain why you are getting no responses. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+