jonm@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Jonathan Meyer) (10/23/89)
Questions for the keen: 1. I have been told by tech support that an upgrade for 386/ix with manual pages will be available "in the near future". Does anyone know if this will require the nroff/troff text processing module, or when "near future" is, or how much such an upgrade will cost? Where else can I get documentation for 386/ix (I have the AT&T manual sets etc.)? 2. I run 386/ix on a 386sx (goes just fine, thank you) with an ATI VGA Wonder. I have read several articles about this VGA card, but did not get the responses. Does 386/ix work in the 1024x768 mode for this card? (Probably be to slow to worry about anyway). 3. I also have a hercules card + monitor. In DOS (hiss), I can sort of run both monitors at once, though not concurrently of course. I would have thought that UNIX would be perfect at utilizing both of these monitors at once - does anyone else have experience with this? My experience is that UNIX gets confused about which monitor to use when switching into graphics modes. Finally, it is worth noting that, although Interactive Systems only support a few hardware products directly, a large range of products can be made to work very well with 386/ix - for example I use the Conner Peripherals 3104 100MB 3.5" hard disk drive, that uses an "intelligent controller" (sort of cross between RLL/ ST506, ESDI and SCSI from what I can tell). There is no mention of Intelligent controllers in the release notes, though this drive works fine. Jonathan Meyer Replies to: jonm@cogs.susx.ac.uk PS. Excellent news group - invaluable hints and tips not found in the manual are much appreciated. Thanks to all involved.
akcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (10/24/89)
>PS. Excellent news group - invaluable hints and tips not found in the manual >are much appreciated. Thanks to all involved. I agree. There is much to learn from those who use this and the other "techie" conferences.