Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!polyslo!decwrl!fungus.dec.com!paine From: paine@fungus.dec.com (Willy Paine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO Unix vs ICS vs Xenix Message-ID: <8909282323.AA16986@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 28 Sep 89 23:23:13 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 24 >Performance in what area? Disk speed? Floating point speed? Serial I/O >handling? I wish I get more information from other Xenix owners but I assume they are using normal or standard computer. >Both SCO UNIX and Xsight say that 4 MB is the MINIMUM recommended memory >configuration. It has been my experience that the minimums SCO recommends >are the absolute minimums that you should even consider. You should have >more. I found that even running XENIX 4 MB was not really enough memory >if you are running large programs (like GNU Emacs) concurrently with Xsight. I agree with you. In my office, I am running DECstation 3100 "Pmax" using 24 megB memory with DECwindow (X-windows)!! I have 5 megB memory in my Compaq 386/20 and I will need new board. I don't really know how to get more memory for this machine and Compaq does not make this machine anymore. Dealer want to talk about selling new computer only. What hardware do you have? Does Xsight work on newest Xenix/386? willy