Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:28381 comp.sys.next:12072 comp.os.msdos.misc:1060 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:6097 Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!peter From: peter@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter Wu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.ibm.pc.software,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: UNIX, PC's and NeXT's .. Message-ID: <1991Jan24.213926.18899@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 24 Jan 91 21:39:26 GMT Organization: Columbia University Lines: 61 Hi. First of all, please don't flame me if this is the wrong group to post this to. I'm not sure where I should ask these questions. And if this is the wrong group, please just ignore this message. I'm interested in getting a PC implementation of UNIX, but would like to ask those of you who are running unix on your pc's some questions. Please email directly to me, as I don't want to start flaming wars. I will summarize and post the responses to the net after they stop coming in. My email address is: peter@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu 1) What are the different implementations of UNIX out there for the PC? Can you give me the company that wrote it and its address/telephonenumber/email etc.? Approx. prices would be greatly appreciated as well. 2) Do all/most require at least a 386 (with exception of Coherent for the 286 machines)? I would assume so. 3) Those of you that have used pc unix implementations as well as the new NeXTstations.. how do they compare? Benchmark-wise? Responsiveness-wise? Application-wise? 4) How are the implementations of X-Windows and the various Window Managers? Is the Looking Glass really worth it? Are the various x-windows implementations and window managers really slow? 5) When does Mark Williams expect to have a 386 version of Coherent out? Will it have X-Windows? Will it be compatible with either BSD or System V? 6) Which is better? Dos Merge? VP/ix? other MS-DOS/PC emulations that run under the pc unix's? 7) Is the performance of the particular implementation worth its cost? 8) Those of you who have used PC unices and the new NeXTStep 2.0 on the 040 machines .. which would you get? A PC whether it be a 386 or 486 or would you get a NeXTstation? Why? 9) Should I wait for OSF/1 to come out for the PC world? Should I wait until SCO and the other UNIX companies to settle on a binary standard? 10) What problems have there beeen with UNIX and 486 based machine so far? What motherboards do you guys recommend? How about 386 motherboards? Anything else that you think would be helpful would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. PQ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro Quien? peter@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu Peter K. Wu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------