Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-spice.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-spice!whm From: whm@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA (William Maddox) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.micro.pc Subject: Need info on Low-end Unix boxes Message-ID: <298@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 01:19:24 EST Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-s.298 Posted: Mon Mar 4 01:19:24 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 05:27:17 EST Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.unix:3842 net.micro.pc:3453 I am in the market for an entry-level Unix(tm) system for software development, and would appreciate hearing comments from users of the following systems: IBM-PC/AT (Xenix, PC/IX if available) Convergent Technologies Miniframe (SysV) Heurikon Minibox (UniPlus+, Regulus) NCR Tower Callan UniStar 100 Of particular importance are hardware reliability, quality of the Unix port, compile and link speed, and the usability of a minimum configuration, say 512K RAM and 20MB disk. Also, I am interested in other machines in the same class but not listed above. Please reply directly to me, and I will summarize to the net. William Maddox uucp: ...!seismo!cmu-cs-spice!whm arpa: whm@CMU-CS-Spice phone: (412) 578-2627