Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lanl-a.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!lanl-a!gcw From: gcw@lanl-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Callan Unistar 200 problems Message-ID: <14502@lanl-a.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 00:05:19 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl-a.14502 Posted: Wed Oct 10 00:05:19 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Oct-84 05:08:20 EDT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 21 This article is to warn others of the problems encountered with a Callan Unistar 200 running UN*X System V. We purchased a Unistar 200 from BMDP StatCat. The documentation was incredibly poor, with numerous serious mistakes. In addition: 1) the a, i, and c commands in ex cause a core dump; 2) uucp does not talk to 4.2bsd machines; 3) no means to generate nroff printer driving tables is provided; 4) the f77 compiler (from Absoft) is totally unreliable. Specific problems with FORTRAN are: 1) bad code is generated; 2) numerous deviations from the ANSI standard, usually significant; 3) does not use the floating point processor as documented. In response to numerous phone calls, plus now nasty letters, we get the run around (that's a System V problem, etc. etc.). Besides all this, the hard disk (43M) has begun to suffer from bad blocks. Let potential buyers beware. Gary C. White (lanl!gcw, csu-cs!csufwb!gcw)