kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) (01/16/90)
Hiya! I'm looking to build up a home unix box with my HP Vectra 386/16MHz box and was thinking of getting a Western Digitial SCSI controller and a Connor (make all Compaq disks, methinks) 104 Meg drive. Has anyone had any problems with any of this configuration under BellTech or SCO Unix? The dealer sez he had no problems cranking up SCO using it. Any advice? Howz $786 for the drive and controller sound? Also, which do people like better- BellTech or SCO unix? What are the diffs? I currently have BellTech, but can get a copy of SCO if it looks worthwhile. Do either have 387 support? (and trap if none present?) bigtime adv -thanks- ance, kevin
larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (01/16/90)
> Also, which do people like better- BellTech or SCO unix? What > are the diffs? I currently have BellTech, but can get a copy of SCO if > it looks worthwhile. Do either have 387 support? (and trap if none > present?) I haven't tried BellTech or SCO Unix - but I have tried and am running Interactive Unix which I runs very well. I admit, it took some time to get the system fully "tweaked" - but she's running - and very solid. SCO Unix has the "Acer" file system - which is supposed to be almost as fast as what is being used with the ISC product. Whatever your choice, if you plan to be doing some heavy IO, you might want to consider a smart serial board to keep the primary CPU from becoming bogged down doing IO. -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA uucp: larry@nstar -or- ...!iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry