Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:47373 comp.unix.i386:3827 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!att!tsdiag!pedsga!petsd!tinton!dan From: dan@tinton.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Questions on 386, Unixes Message-ID: <1990Mar27.220913.23305@tinton> Date: 27 Mar 90 22:09:13 GMT Reply-To: dan@tinton.UUCP (Daniel Masi ) Organization: Concurrent Computer Corp., Tinton Falls, N.J. Lines: 30 I am looking to buy my first 'compatible PC'. I have decided on a 386/20-25Mhz, ESDI drive, VGA, blah, blah, blah. I plan to use the machine for software development; my wife needs it to run various MS-DOS applications. I would like to be able to run Unix, as I am familiar and comfortable with it as a development environment. (I also am uncomfortable with OS/2, and the idea of having only MS-DOS on a machine of this power seems a waste; my opinion only!) Question 1: Can anyone summarize the versions of Unix Sys V that are available for this machine, where they are available, and what their relative merits are? Question 2: I understand that there are utilities available that allow one to run MS-DOS under Unix (VP/ix, Merge 386, others?). How is the MS-DOS application performance when using these? Can I reasonably expect to run the latest and greatest flight simulator under MS-DOS while I have a long compile running under Unix? If not, what are my options: can I choose Unix or MS-DOS at boot time, and have them share space on the hard disk? Are boot times excessive for either? Question 3: Does anyone care to comment about 25Mhz '386s from Northgate (elegance), Gateway 2000, CompuAdd, anywhere else? Thanks in advance. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Masi (dan@tinton.tinton.ccur.com) 201-758-7699 Concurrent Computer Corp. 106 Apple Street Tinton Falls, NJ 07724