herbie@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Andrew Herbert) (01/07/91)
About a month ago, someone mentioned that there was an article on Dell and UHC SysVR4 - probably in the December '90 issue. I haven't been able to get hold of this magazine, so would be grateful if a summary of this review was posted (or mailed to me). I'm interested in purchasing the UHC product (US$399 with "trade-in"), so it would be nice to hear what problems people have encountered before experiencing them first-hand :). Thanks in advance, Andrew Herbert
rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol) (01/08/91)
herbie@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Andrew Herbert) writes:
#About a month ago, someone mentioned that there was an article on Dell
#and UHC SysVR4 - probably in the December '90 issue. I haven't been able
#to get hold of this magazine, so would be grateful if a summary of this
#review was posted (or mailed to me).
I am interested too. I couldn't find Unix Today here either :-(
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Ronald van der Pol <rvdp@cs.vu.nl>jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) (01/10/91)
In article <8687@star.cs.vu.nl>, rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol) writes: > herbie@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Andrew Herbert) writes: > > #About a month ago, someone mentioned that there was an article on Dell > #and UHC SysVR4 - probably in the December '90 issue. I haven't been able > #to get hold of this magazine, so would be grateful if a summary of this > #review was posted (or mailed to me). > > I am interested too. I couldn't find Unix Today here either :-( > > Ronald van der Pol <rvdp@cs.vu.nl> The article, "Two SVR4s Are Put To The Test", appeared in issue #61 dated December 10th, 1990. For back issue and subscription information, call (516) 562-5000. If your local library has access to the "DataTimes" service, you can receive article reprints through that service. The DataTimes people can be reached directly at (800) 642-2525. j ----- Jason Martin Levitt email: jason@cs.utexas.edu "Since there are virtually no rules, the catalog of information includes voluminous pornography, along with advice on recreational drugs, satanism, paganism, and sex slaves." --the Houston Chronicle describing the "internet" to its readers. Sunday, June 10th, 1990
cirian@einstein.eds.com (Steve Cirian) (01/10/91)
The following is a summary of an article found in UNIX Today! (Dec 10, 1990)
that contrasted the UNIX System V Release 4 offerings from UHC and Dell:
UHC
price: unlimited - $1495; 2 user - $1280; paper doco $995
support: free for 1st 30 days, $1190 / year
upgrades: upgrade from any 286/386 UNIX to 4.0 $880 (2 user)
media: 150 MB quarter inch tape (Wangtek or Archive drive with QIC-02 or
SCSI interface required). Also available on 3.5 or 1.44 floppies
(73 or so of them).
comments: UHC "shipped it first". UHC wants to be compatible with as wide
a variety of hardware as possible, and delivers a wide variety
of device drivers. Installation is a "painful experience".
XWIN, Open Look and X11/NeWS included.
contact: 3600 South Gessner, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77063
713-782-2700
...!uunet!uhc!sam
Dell
price: unlimited - $1295; 2 user - $995; paper doco $744
support: free for 1st 30 days, $500 / year (unlimited), $350 (2 user)
upgrades: upgrade from Dell sysV 3.2 to 4.0 for $399.
media: 150 MB quarter inch tape (Wangtek or Archive drive with QIC-02 or
SCSI interface required).
comments: Dell is selling hardware and software solutions, and officially
support SVR4 only on their hardware. Dell is waiving the usual
10% restocking fee so users can try it without risk. Dell has
streamlined the AT&T code, and added a lot of enhancements at the
user level. XR4, Motif 1.1, and Open Look are included. Dell
also includes SLIP, emacs, rcs, gdb, elm, mh, and mmdf.
contact: 9505 Arboretum Blvd., Austin, TX, 78759
800-284-3355
info@dell.com
Disclaimer: This posting is a summary of the article published in UNIX Today!
and is not an endorsement of either product. I have not used
either product, and have no opinion of them one way or another.
Please contact the vendors for more information, and make your
own informed choice.
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(313) 265-5738 ~ Johnny: Whattya got?richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) (01/10/91)
> >I'm interested in purchasing the UHC product (US$399 with "trade-in"), so >it would be nice to hear what problems people have encountered before >experiencing them first-hand :). > I've heard that the $399 price is apparently somewhat bogus, as you don't really get much, i.e. not a whole system. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
herbie@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Andrew Herbert) (01/11/91)
In <1991Jan10.094132.20913@pegasus.com> richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) writes: >I've heard that the $399 price is apparently somewhat bogus, as you >don't really get much, i.e. not a whole system. >Can anyone confirm or deny this? This is indeed true - $395 gets you the runtime. As mentioned in an earlier summary of the UT article, about $900 gets you the lot (runtime, dev sys, X11, networking (tcp/ip, nfs)). Andrew