jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips) (05/31/91)
In article <1260@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au> nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood) writes: > [...] >I have been looking for a 386 system to run UNIX on and thought that >the hardest decision would be the hardware, silly me, it turned out >to be to operating system. > [...] >So I have sort of decided on Esix and have found an Australian >distributor for it (have not for the other two). > >Can anyone enlighten me to any major differences [...] I'm not sure about this, but I thought that ESIX only ran on Everex platforms. If so, you're constrained to one hardware vendor. Does anybody know if this is true? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@ Jeffrey J. Phillips UUCP: jjp@necis.nec.com @@ @@ NEC Technologies, Inc. PHONE: (508)635-6077 @@ @@ "UNIX isn't a philosophy, it's a way of life" - anon @@ @@ CASUAL DISCLAIMER: Opinions are mine - definitely not corporate policy @@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
richard@xanth.b11.ingr.com (Richard Griffiths ) (05/31/91)
In article <1424@necis.UUCP>, jjp@necis.UUCP (Jeff Phillips) writes: |> In article <1260@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au> nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood) writes: |> > [...] |> >I have been looking for a 386 system to run UNIX on and thought that |> >the hardest decision would be the hardware, silly me, it turned out |> >to be to operating system. |> > [...] |> >So I have sort of decided on Esix and have found an Australian |> >distributor for it (have not for the other two). |> > |> >Can anyone enlighten me to any major differences [...] |> I'm not sure about this, but I thought that ESIX only ran on Everex platforms. |> If so, you're constrained to one hardware vendor. Does anybody know if this |> is true? ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE! You may be hard pressed to find someone running ESIX on an Everex platform. I use a noname 386 clone and have never had any complaints with ESIX. -- Richard A. Griffiths ...uunet!ingr!b11!xanth!richard (UUCP) Intergraph Corp. richard@b11.ingr.com (Internet) "Cynical optimism - a philosophical palindrome".
bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) (06/01/91)
In article <1424@necis.UUCP> jjp@necis.nec.com (Jeff Phillips) writes: >I'm not sure about this, but I thought that ESIX only ran on Everex platforms. >If so, you're constrained to one hardware vendor. Does anybody know if this >is true? Esix is most-definitely NOT restricted to Everex platforms. -- bill@unixland.natick.ma.us The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix ...!uunet!think!unixland!bill bill@unixland ..!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill 508-655-3848 (2400) 508-651-8723 (9600-HST) 508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32)
bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May31.143443.8597@infonode.ingr.com> richard@xanth.b11.ingr.com writes: > >ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE! You may be hard pressed to find someone running ESIX on an Everex platform. I use a noname 386 clone and have never had any complaints with ESIX. > > Well, I know of at least one person running ESIX R4 on an Everex platform :-) Kevin, you out there? -- bill@unixland.natick.ma.us The Think_Tank BBS & Public Access Unix ...!uunet!think!unixland!bill bill@unixland ..!{uunet,bloom-beacon,esegue}!world!unixland!bill 508-655-3848 (2400) 508-651-8723 (9600-HST) 508-651-8733 (9600-PEP-V32)
david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner) (06/03/91)
In article <1424@necis.UUCP> jjp@necis.nec.com (Jeff Phillips) writes: >I'm not sure about this, but I thought that ESIX only ran on Everex platforms. >If so, you're constrained to one hardware vendor. Does anybody know if this >is true? >@@ Jeffrey J. Phillips UUCP: jjp@necis.nec.com @@ No. ESIX runs on the average clone. -- David Kessner - david@kessner.denver.co.us | 1135 Fairfax, Denver CO 80220 (303) 377-1801 (p.m.) | Reunite PANGEA! Compuserve? Isn't that some sort of FIDO BBS? |
jde@everex.uucp (-Jeff Ellis()) (06/04/91)
In article <1424@necis.UUCP> jjp@necis.nec.com (Jeff Phillips) writes: >I'm not sure about this, but I thought that ESIX only ran on Everex platforms. >If so, you're constrained to one hardware vendor. Does anybody know if this >is true? No,No,No..... Esix in NOT for just Everex computers. That is why it is called Esix System V, not Everex System V. -- Jeff Ellis ESIX SYSTEM/V UUCP:uunet!zardoz!everex!jde Internet: everex!jde%zardoz.uucp@ics.uci.edu