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From: larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder)
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Subject: Re: Establishing a public-access USEnet site in New Zealand
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Date: 25 Sep 89 12:32:42 GMT
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Organization: The Northern Star, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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> My outline planning is as follows:  I will be purchasing a 386 (20 MHz)
> with 8 Mb of RAM.  The O/S will be either SCO Xenix or Interactive UNIX.
> Peripherals will include a Stallion multi-port card, 320 Mb SCSI drive
> 
> Comments welcomed.

Don't get 386/ix and stick with SCO.  I made the mistake of selecting
386/ix for my site - and had nothing but problems and the manuals are
the pits.  Xenix is solid - with most of the bugs worked out.  The
manuals are written with detailed instructions on how to get and keep
the system running in a logical way - where as the 386/ix manuals are
at best a hodge-podge and lots of little "gotchas" are included as a
bonus.

Xenix is solid - 386/ix is right on the edge of a fence ready to
fall over at any time.
  
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Larry Snyder  
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The Northern Star Usenet Distribution Site  
Notre Dame, Indiana USA