pcolsen@super.org (Peter C Olsen) (12/13/90)
I'm asking for advice.
I'm a part-time graduate student and aspiring software consultant
who'd like to move from an XT to a Unix environment.
I have an opportunity to buy an NCR TOWER running Unix 3(?) with a
72 Meg harddisk and two Wyse terminals for "under $1000". (The machine
is up for bids --- all bids have been under $1000.)
Unfortunately the people selling the machine are business persons with
not much technical background --- for example, they don't know if the
machine has any software development utilities --- like a compiler
etc. (They can describe the spreadsheet and database software.)
This raises some questions:
--- is the compiler "standard" in the "business" Unix (I've never
heard of version 3.)
--- does the system usually include all the Unix utilities?
--- can I port the Gnu gcc or g++ compilers? How about gnu emacs?
Finally, are there any other questions I should ask of them?
Thank you very much for reading my posting.
Peter Olsen pcolsen@super.super.org