orders@techbook.com (TECHbooks) (04/20/91)
ESIX has announced that they will upgrade anyone with a UNIX System V Release 3.2 boot disk to ESIX Release 4.0. As well as ESIX, people using AT&T, Intel, SCO, Interactive, or other R3.2 can upgrade to R4.0. This is a change in their upgrade policy, which used to be limited to only ESIX R3.2. Also, they are allowing users to upgrade from any product to any R4.0 product, meaning that it's possible to go from a R3.2 2-user run-time to a R4.0 unlimited development system. This is another change in their policy. Users must send in their original boot disk to qualify for the discount prices. Upgrades with Docs. List ------------------- ---- 2-User Standard $ 485 Multi-User Standard $ 675 2-User Development $ 695 Multi-User Develop. $ 895 Upgrades w/o Docs. List ------------------- ---- 2-User Standard $ 335 Multi-User Standard $ 525 2-User Development $ 395 Multi-User Develop. $ 595 2-User Standard System contains: Operating System Operation, Administration and Maintenance Networking utilities, NFS, RFS X Window System 11.4 Base and Servers On-line man pages Hard-copy manuals: 1. 386 Release Notes 2. User's Guide 3. User's Reference Manual 4. Systems Administration Guide 5. System Administrator's Reference Manual 6. Network User's and Administrator's Guide Multi-user standard system is same as 2-User, but with multi-user capability. 2-User and Multi-User development systems consist of the software development extension plus the respective standard system. Software Development Extension contains: Operating system libraries Programming tools Portable C compiler, Linker, Loader, Symbolic Debugger, make, yacc, etc. X Window libraries and Xt intrinsics On-line man pages Hard-copy manuals 1. Programmer's Reference Manual 2. Programmer's Guide - ANSI C and Programming Support Tools 3. Programmer's Guide - STREAMS 4. Programmer's Guide - Character User Interface (FMLI/ETI) 5. Programmer's Guide - Network Interface Graphics I contains: Open Look (Binaries and Libraries) XNeWS (Binaries and Libraries) On-line man pages Hard copy manuals 1. Open Look Graphical User Interface 2. Open Look User's Guide 3. Open Look Programmer's Reference Manuals Graphics II contains: MOTIF 1.1 (Binaries and Libraries) Hard copy manuals 1. Style Guide and User Guide 2. Programmer's Guide 3. Programmer's Reference Manual 4. AES User Environment Hardware requirements: 80386/80486 system 4MB RAM 60MB of disk (100MB is more realistic) 1.2MB 5.25" or 1.44MB 3.5" floppy Monochrome, CGA, EGA, or VGA display and monitor Graphics II (ESIX GUI Toolkit) requirements: 8MB RAM 100MB of disk -- Voice: +1 503 646-8257 FAX: +1 503 248-6320 orders@techbook.com - or - Public Access UNIX site: +1 503 644-8135 ...!uunet!techbook!orders TECHbooks sells technical (and other) books at discounted prices. Authorized SCO and ESIX resellers.
evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) (04/22/91)
In article <1991Apr19.183905.29992@techbook.com> orders@techbook.com (TECHbooks) writes: >ESIX has announced that they will upgrade anyone with a UNIX System V Release >3.2 boot disk to ESIX Release 4.0. As well as ESIX, people using AT&T, Intel, >SCO, Interactive, or other R3.2 can upgrade to R4.0. This is a change in their >upgrade policy, which used to be limited to only ESIX R3.2. > >Also, they are allowing users to upgrade from any product to any R4.0 product, >meaning that it's possible to go from a R3.2 2-user run-time to a R4.0 >unlimited development system. This is another change in their policy. It's an addition, not a change. Like the situation with ESIX 3.2, you *cannot* upgrade within ESIX 4.0 from, say, two-user to unlimited, or to add the development system at a later date. This policy has not charged. Once you've got your ESIX 4.0, you can't upgrade *that*. Be sure of what you want. -- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!attcan!telly!evan / (416) 452-0504 Q: Why do Los Angeles policemen carry billyclubs? ---- A: Beats me....
kayvan@satyr.UUCP (Kayvan Sylvan) (04/23/91)
In article <28121B9C.32A3@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes: It's an addition, not a change. Like the situation with ESIX 3.2, you *cannot* upgrade within ESIX 4.0 from, say, two-user to unlimited, or to add the development system at a later date. This policy has not charged. Does anyone know what the real difference is between the 2-user and unlimited versions? ---Kayvan -- | Kayvan Sylvan Consulting/Training 879 Lewiston Drive | | Sylvan Associates Unix and Mac Programming San Jose, CA 95136 | | "Think Globally, GNU tools, GUIs, Databases (408) 978-1407 | | Act Locally." Unify User's Group Librarian apple!satyr!kayvan |
dcm@baldur.dell.com (Dave McCracken) (04/23/91)
kayvan@satyr.UUCP (Kayvan Sylvan) writes: >In article <28121B9C.32A3@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes: > It's an addition, not a change. Like the situation with ESIX 3.2, > you *cannot* upgrade within ESIX 4.0 from, say, two-user to unlimited, > or to add the development system at a later date. This policy has not > charged. >Does anyone know what the real difference is between the 2-user and >unlimited versions? Yes. There is a price difference in the royalty the sellers of the binary license have to pay AT&T. There is a real restriction on how many logins you can run on the machine. Dell does sell unlimited-user upgrades for its 2-user SVR4. They are $299.00, the difference between our $995 2-user price and our $1295 unlimited-user price. -- Dave McCracken dcm@dell.dell.com (512) 343-3720 Dell Computer 9505 Arboretum Blvd Austin, TX 78759-7299
jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) (04/28/91)
In article <28121B9C.32A3@telly.on.ca> evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes: >It's an addition, not a change. Like the situation with ESIX 3.2, >you *cannot* upgrade within ESIX 4.0 from, say, two-user to unlimited, >or to add the development system at a later date. This policy has not >charged. You're correct in saying that you can't go from the two-user to unlimited for Release 3.2 or 4.0. I think this is silly, but that's what ESIX says. (I dislike it because many of the people buying ESIX are buying it for at-home use. I don't think they should be penalized for buying cheap now, and then wanting to upgrade later if they find they want to handle newsfeeds for their neighbors or give the kids a terminal in their rooms.) However, as for the inability to add the development system, you're definitely correct that it was true of R3.2 of ESIX. On the price list for R4, though: Other List ------------------- ---- Software Devl. Ext. $ 795 I would assume that means what it says: you <can> add the development system to your R4 runtime.
jde@everex.uucp (-Jeff Ellis()) (05/02/91)
In article <KAYVAN.91Apr22144229@satyr.UUCP> kayvan@satyr.UUCP (Kayvan Sylvan) writes: >Does anyone know what the real difference is between the 2-user and >unlimited versions? Its just like in 3.2. The 2 user version counts the console + 1 out side login. You may login in as may times as you wish on the console, but only one tty or network connection at a time. -- Jeff Ellis ESIX SYSTEM/V UUCP:uunet!zardoz!everex!jde Internet: ICS.UCI.EDU!zardoz.uucp!everex!jde