Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!male!mutchler From: mutchler@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Mutchler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,ba.windows.x Subject: Re: Running X windows on a 16MHz 386sx Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 90 15:05:02 GMT References: <14220@netcom.UUCP> <1990Oct7.022705.12488@unixland.uucp> <1990Oct13.220633.8294@maths.tcd.ie> Sender: news@male.EBay.Sun.COM Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386 Lines: 31 In-reply-to: tim@maths.tcd.ie's message of 13 Oct 90 22:06:33 GMT After having done much shopping around I was able to buy the following configuration for $2200 (including 7% CA tax): 16 MHz 386sx 4 MB Memory 80 MB SCSI disk 1024x768x8 VGA card and monitor 1 serial, 1 parallel port keyboard Case & power supply. I seriously doubt that this price could be beat by a lot, since I priced it at over 10 stores over a 2 month period. Having loaded SCO Unix with Open Desktop on a 4 MB Compaq I know that you will need more than 4 MB. Probably a minimum of 6 MB with 8-16MB being better. Adding about $80/MB the price jumps another $200 easily. I use our system to run Windows 3.0 and I find that the 386sx is seriously inadequate for pushing the bits around on the Super VGA card. I suspect a 25 MHz 386 would be adequate, but for that resolution a graphics accelerator or 486 would be ideal. -- Dan Mutchler | ARPA/Internet: mutchler@zule.EBay.Sun.COM Sun Federal System Engineer | UUCP: ...!sun!mutchler -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flying back from Lubbock, I saw Jesus on the plane Or maybe it was Elvis, You know they kind of look the same. -- Don Henley