Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!hpubvwa!weycord!jeffh From: jeffh@weycord.WEYCO.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: 386 machines, AST-390 + Xenix Message-ID: <5530001@weycord.WEYCO.COM> Date: 27 Jun 88 10:24:17 GMT References: <3027@mit-hermes.ai.mit.edu.AI.MIT.EDU> Organization: Weyerhaeuser R&D Lines: 34 I just went through the mess of trying to find a "compatible" to run XENIX. There are a lot of 386 AT machines out there that will run XENIX. That's not the problem- it's the disc controllers, discs, tape controllers and drives, etc... Anyway, I looked at AST, ALR, HP (good box if you've got the bucks), Bell Tech, and a little company in Renton Washington call Trinity Tech. Well I got the box from Trinity Tech. Why "Trinity Tech"? I had a chance to open up the box and take a look. They have a lot of State and Federal contracts (including the University of Washington) and they make a solid 386 AT. The configuration I ended up with was the following: 20 MHz 386 ( full size AT box ) Award BIOS 2 MByte Zero wait state SRAM 2P/2S interfaces 80 MByte seagate disc Western digital 1003/1006? controller (1:1) 1.2 meg 5.25 flopyy 1.4 meg 3.25 floppy Archive (QIC-36 Scorpion) tape SC400 tape controller 2400 buad modem TOTAL system price: $5,000.00 The bottom line was a bit heavy; but, I think I got a lot for my money! The guys at Trinity Tech (206) 772-7774 seem to give a .... ! Jeff (Spectra Software) Harrell (206) 927-9268