Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!HGB%sch-huey-duck@BRL-VGR.ARPA From: HGB%sch-huey-duck@BRL-VGR.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Reasonable 68K UNIX vendor wanted Message-ID: <3029@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 23:48:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.3029 Posted: Mon Jul 11 23:48:00 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 10:00:49 EDT Lines: 52 (This message is for my personal information only; no connection with Symbolics is implied by this message.) Are there any 68K vendors supplying a UNIX system with the following features? - vanilla UNIX-looking with Berkeley extensions; virtual memory interesting, but not necessary; - at least 1 megabyte of main memory, more is desirable; ECC RAM would be nice; - at least 15 megabytes of Winchester disk memory (4 Mbit/second or better transfer rate); - Multibus, with at least two slots left over after adding Ethernet board; - 4 serial lines with 9600 baud capabilities; - parallel printer driver (DMA) would be nice; - single box for CPU, power supply and disk, but built-in terminal not necessary; - reasonably quiet fan and disk; - floating point not necessary; bitmapped graphics not necessary; ------------------- NOW COME THE HARD REQUIREMENTS: - full speed disk controller, capable of reading at least a full track from the disk directly into main memory without missing revolutions, and a UNIX swapper/pager that takes advantage of it; - full speed serial line capability, which can actually accept a reasonable number of characters at 9600 baud (256? 1K?) before giving XOFF, and not lose characters; serial DMA would be nice; - autorestart after crash capability; autorestart after power failure would be nice; - built-in CMOS calendar clock with battery backup; - memory mapped RAM management with scatter load capability, so that swap space fragmentation doesn't waste all the RAM and disk memory, and a UNIX system that takes advantage of it; ------------------- I would be interested in what people are "gunna do", but I would be more interested in those that are already delivering such a box. Thank you.