bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (10/03/90)
In article <22@admiral.UUCP> admiral@admiral.UUCP (Doug Fields) writes: | |I'm looking for a machine that will run X windows, has a bus of some |kind so that I can add serial ports, has SCSI interface, and will run |either OSF/1 or System V.4; although it really doesn't matter. |It should be able to handle 3rd party SCSI disks with a minimum |of hassle. I'll want at least 200Mb of disk space, but I can put that |together separately. 3rd party memory availability would also be a plus. | |I'm looking in the ~$3k to ~$6k price range, depending on configuration. |What I really have in mind is a Sun Sparcstation (with the S-bus) |but I'm open to other suggestions, particularly a MIPS-based box or |an '030 or '040-based box with comparable power. | |Color is much prefered. Grayscale is a must; I'd rather not have b&w! An Amiga Unix system is almost exactly what you're looking for. SysVr4, X with OpenLook, SCSI, 25Mhz 68030, color, ether, 200 MB, up to 16 MB of static-column RAM, 7-port serial option, inexpensive, nice... -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!uunet!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "I still have my phil-os-o-phy" - Meredith Monk