bostrov@prism.cs.orst.edu (Vareck Bostrom) (04/10/91)
I have a few questions... I've been thinking of getting Coherent for my laptop PC (a 386 SX-16 MHZ). I have SCO System V/386 unix running on my ALR flaxcache 20386 and SunOS 4.1 on a SPARCstation 1, and Mach (BSD 4.3) running on my 68040 NeXTcube. Question is this: a) Is it possible to put a Coherent machine on my network? (TCP/IP Ethernet coax) b) What kind of performance should I expect from Coherent? I am rather dissappointed with the performance of SCO unix under the 80386, and am not going to bother if Coherent is not much better. c) Does Coherent come with TCP/IP and stuff (nfs, etc.)? d) What is coherent's C compiler like? Is it as good as the c compilers on the NeXT, SPARC, and SCO - 386 machines? e) The ad says "20 MB disk". Is that really all? After seeing 320+ MB disappear from my cube when I installed 2.0 Extended, that is hard to believe. f) Does it come with netnews? g) What about X11R4? I'd like to have it on all of my machines, as it is the only windowing system all of them seem to want to operate (I'd prefer NeXTStep, but NeXT isn't letting Sun use it.. :) That should do it. Thanks a bundle.
rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) (04/12/91)
In article <1991Apr10.065441.24297@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> bostrov@prism.cs.orst.edu (Vareck Bostrom) writes: >I have a few questions... > I've been thinking of getting Coherent for my laptop PC (a > 386 SX-16 MHZ). I have SCO System V/386 unix running on my > ALR flaxcache 20386 and SunOS 4.1 on a SPARCstation 1, and > Mach (BSD 4.3) running on my 68040 NeXTcube. Question is this: > a) Is it possible to put a Coherent machine on my network? > (TCP/IP Ethernet coax) There are reports that someone is working on this. > b) What kind of performance should I expect from Coherent? I > am rather dissappointed with the performance of SCO unix under > the 80386, and am not going to bother if Coherent is not much > better. For some things Coherent will be faster, even more so once the 32 bit kernel comes out. > c) Does Coherent come with TCP/IP and stuff (nfs, etc.)? See above. > d) What is coherent's C compiler like? Is it as good as the c > compilers on the NeXT, SPARC, and SCO - 386 machines? It's a fairly good compiler. Mark Williams has been dealing in C compilers for years. > e) The ad says "20 MB disk". Is that really all? After seeing > 320+ MB disappear from my cube when I installed 2.0 Extended, that > is hard to believe. Believe it. > f) Does it come with netnews? Cnews and rn are now available from an ftp site, and MWC BBS. I am posting this from my Coherent machine. > g) What about X11R4? I'd like to have it on all of my machines, > as it is the only windowing system all of them seem to want to > operate (I'd prefer NeXTStep, but NeXT isn't letting Sun use it.. > :) Only rumors and guesses. >That should do it. Thanks a bundle. Your welcome. Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.UUCP frog!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP