Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!megatest!palowoda From: palowoda@megatest.UUCP (Bob Palowoda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: ENIX V.3.2 info Message-ID: <6972@megatest.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 03:21:35 GMT References: <1539@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca Lines: 79 From article <1539@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, by davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody): > In article <36041@bu-cs.BU.EDU> madd@bu-it.bu.edu (Jim Frost) writes: > > | As a development system, I recommend Interactive over both ENIX and > | XENIX. I expect ENIX will grow into something more usable, but in its > | current state it's pretty tough to develop on. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please elaborate. XENIX is, well, XENIX, > | with all that implies in terms of strangenesses, compiler problems, > | etc. No argument here. > > It depends on what your target is... if you need to run in UNIX and > MS-DOS the Xenix cross compiler will save you a lot of time. You can use > one make file to roll both versions, and Xenix/286, too. That's > important if you resell (or give away) your software. And the new With alot of the dos software that makes extensive use of graphics libs that are not available on xenix I don't think this is a good route to go. Another alternative is to use Merge, VPIX, SimulTask and if you can run both compiliers. > | > | One last thing to note: XENIX will run beautifully in 4Mb; the others > | really want 6Mb or more. But for the price difference you can get > | quite a lot of memory. Depends which way the market prices are going. Right now ram is dropping and the price of a UNIX OS has be on the increase. and both systems with the AT&T compiler failed on some > simple programs (the compiler generated asm source using registers not > in the 386). Example? > > If I could wait until October I would look at Open Desktop. With TCP > (including a good SLIP), X11R3, DOSmerge, NFS, and a database for <$1k Be very carefull here. This is the price for a one user efficient. You will notice to move up to the next level (a multi machine enviornment with networking) that will enable two or more persons on the network to use the software is going to cost approx $1500.00 MORE. Than there is one more price package that will kick it above that for devolpment. More or less there price structure looks to be just a bit higher than ISC's. The plus is the database I guess. The ESIX product is about half this price. > > I am happier giving facts and letting people decide what fits them. > Obviously I have been using SCO for many years, but I also have used MP > and tried IN/ix, and they are both a good fit for some people. That reminds me. What's with Dell Computers with it's UNIX and Xwindow OS it's offering? It claims to have the Motiff user interface etc. Is this really SCO's UNIX? Anybody check up on it? > > The recent issue of _MIPS_ on disk controllers and UNIX on 386's is > relevant to a decision, also. Check out the new Cacheing controller by Mylex! 15Mb/sec? How did they obtain this number? ---Bob -- Bob Palowoda *Home of Fiver BBS* login: bbs Work: {sun,decwrl,pyramid}!megatest!palowoda Home: {sun}ys2!fiver!palowoda (A XBBS System) 2-lines BBS: (415)623-8809 2400/1200 (415)623-8806 1200/2400/9600/19200