Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How many terminals? Message-ID: <8712080604.AA21364@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 8-Dec-87 01:04:49 EST Article-I.D.: cory.8712080604.AA21364 Posted: Tue Dec 8 01:04:49 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 08:48:54 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 20 :I have a question for the Amiga people, if one was to run unix or a look alike :on the Amiga, how many terminals would you be able to run off it(or is there :a limit) before performance is lowered to the point of no return. I know :of course that this depends on what you are doing, and if you are using a hard :disk or not(what an evil thought, using unix from a floppy disk). :This is just a general question, but I am sure that I am not the only one :asking it. As far as UNIX is concerned, the major problem is (a) memory and (b) IO bandwidth. (a) memory isn't too much of a problem... say use an Amiga with 8Megs and a 68020 (and a MMU of course). This leaves IO bandwidth. To be at all usefull, you would want two harddrives and separate DMA channels for each. Use one harddrive for swap (make it a 40Meg HD). The more (or larger) HD's the merrier! That would be roughly equivalent to, say, a VAX 750 in terms of performance. -Matt