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From: ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: can I run SCO UNIX (SYSV not XENIX) on a sx
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Date: 13 Dec 90 17:35:12 GMT
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In article <9952@darkstar.ucsc.edu> iago@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tsource) writes:
>I am going to be buying a sco unix machine that is a sx. I can not afford
>a larger machine.  SCO said they never tried on a sx but shaw no reson why
>not, but refused to let me talk to one their tech people.  

SCO unix will run on an sx.  I've been running an PCBrand sx with it
for severral months.

>So I am stuck
>asking here if I have enough drive (40-meg) and enough ram at least 4 meg.

Disk: not if you want to do anything.  Base OS+extended utilities
(things like csh and vi)+swap run about 32MB.  Thats without
networking, dos or X.  Certainly without any development tools.

Memory: 4 is probably fine if your not running X and/or lot's of
people logged in.

>Will it work.  Also is the 4-meg mesured by word size or is it 4 megx8
>not 4megx16 or 4mrgx32.

Memory is measured x8. 

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