nak@cbnews.ATT.COM (Neil A. Kirby) (05/26/89)
I need pointers to systems comparable to the AT&T PC6386E cpu 76.
What I'm looking for would have:
300 MB disk space
UNIX SysV/386
16-20 MHz i386 (20 preferred, more if can be found)
16 MB RAM
Slots for video and a mouse and such. (Things like the ram board,
disk controllers, possible tape drive, floppies... the regular must
have stuff)
Lots-o-slots: It will have to have four or five slots open. They
would be filled with 8 port intelligent ports cards. That's 32-40
ports. The machine needs to be fast enough to deal with the
traffic.
A stable vendor. AT&T, Compaq, Big Blue (IBM) would be fine.
Smaller vendors might be a problem unless there are numerous such
small vendors. No reasonable vendor refused.
Tower case. Suggested mainly for the larger slot capacity, it
would also look better with 40 serial lines than a desk top model.
Price: Not a big issue. This box would be in place of a $15-60K
mini. A $7-10K price would be quite reasonable. Less would be
fantastic.
Please email me the replies. If desired, I can post a summary.
Neil Kirby
...cbsck!nak