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From: alex@otter.acslab.umbc.edu (Alex S. Crain)
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Subject: Re: cheap unix machine
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Date: 29 Mar 90 18:16:25 GMT
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In article <5102@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> yoshio@ucrmath.ucr.edu () writes:

>I am seeking recommendations for an inexpensive (a relative term :-)
>uni*x box (68010 or 68020, 68881 math chip, 2M ram, 30M hard disk)

	I recommend an AT&T unix-pc. 68010 processor, bitmapped display,
keyboard, mouse, modem, 512K->2M on the motherboard (expand up to 4Megs),
20->67meg disk (with 2nd disk optional) serial and parrallel ports. The OS
is sysVr2 with VM and shared libraries. Nice box, very reliable.

	They run about $800->$1500 new, less used.

	There are a set of newgroups (unix-pc.*) devoted to the machine, and
USENIX has been hosting unix-pc BOF's recently (They have quite the devoted 
following).

	The drawbacks are:

	1) there is a 4meg limit on the virtual memory map, so really large
	programs (Common Lisp Compilers) have space problems.

	2) There isn't a good way to upgrade the processor

	3) No floating point

	4) No easy ethernet (cards exist, but they're scarce).

	If you can live with that, its a great machine for the money. There 
is a fair bit of software for it: most of the GNU code runs out of the box,
KCL, MGR, TeX are all available.

	email me for more info, or subscribe to unix-pc.general and listen in.




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