edsver9@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Thanh Nguyen) (01/30/91)
Hello Folks, I am planning to buy a 33-MHz 386 PC from either Northgate or Gateway 2000 to run SCO UNIX Sys V. The hardware configuration I have in mind is as follows: 33-MHz 80386 PC 64K Cache RAM (25ns) 4MB of RAM (70 ns chip) 1.2 MB 5.25" & 1.44 MB 3.5" Floppy Drives (EPSON) 150 MB ESDI Hard Drive (17 ms) 10 M/bits DTR ULTRASTOR ESDI 32K Cache Controller 16 Bit VGA board w/ 1MB RAM (1024X768 resolution) 14" NEC MultiSync Monitor (1024X768 res. support) 1 Parallel/2 Serial Ports Standard 101 Keyboard MicroSoft Window 3.0 DOS 4.01 comes with the machine MicroSoft Mouse 80387 Math Co-Processor (Socket for this chip support) Clock/Calendar Phoenix Bios Now, I have two questions. First, am I missing somethings here that are important to run SCO UNIX Sys V ? Second, I know SCO Sys V runs well on Compag and AST 386-based PCs, but does it run on street-price clone like Northgate or Gateway 2000 386-based PCs ? Please help me to determine the right config. before buying...! Thank you very much in advance to those who reply. Sincerely, Thanh "Tom" Nguyen at NASA Lewis Research Center/(216)826-6619
pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) (02/02/91)
In article <1991Jan30.154830.27629@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> edsver9@earth.lerc.nasa.gov writes:
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=Hello Folks,
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=I am planning to buy a 33-MHz 386 PC from either Northgate or Gateway 2000
=to run SCO UNIX Sys V. The hardware configuration I have in mind is as
=follows:
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I can't tell you about SCO, but I run AT&T UNIX SV R3.2.2 on a no-name
clone that cost a hecuva lot less than a Northgate or Gateway, in the
following configuration:
386/25
32K cache
4 MB 80ns RAM
2 floppies of unknown origin ;-)
150 MB ESDI HD
WD 1007 controller
Paradise clone VGA (800x600)
Sony 1303 Multisync EGA (!)
1 P/2 S
Std keyboard
MicroSoft Window 3.0
Logitech Bus Mouse
80387 Math Co-Processor (Socket for this chip support)
Clock/Calendar
AMI Bios
Of course, AT&T refuses to support UNIX on anything except AT&T hardware!
Pete
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