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From: edsver9@earth.lerc.nasa.gov (Thanh Nguyen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Hardware Config. questions?
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.154830.27629@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 Jan 91 15:48:30 GMT
Reply-To: edsver9@earth.lerc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
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Hello Folks,

I am planning to buy a 33-MHz 386 PC from either Northgate or Gateway 2000 
to run SCO UNIX Sys V.  The hardware configuration I have in mind is as 
follows:

		33-MHz 80386 PC

		64K Cache RAM (25ns)
		4MB of RAM (70 ns chip)
		1.2 MB 5.25" & 1.44 MB 3.5" Floppy Drives (EPSON)
		150 MB ESDI Hard Drive (17 ms) 10 M/bits DTR
		ULTRASTOR ESDI 32K Cache Controller
		16 Bit VGA board w/ 1MB RAM (1024X768 resolution)
		14" NEC MultiSync Monitor (1024X768 res. support)
		1 Parallel/2 Serial Ports
		Standard 101 Keyboard
		MicroSoft Window 3.0
		DOS 4.01 comes with the machine
		MicroSoft Mouse
		80387 Math Co-Processor (Socket for this chip support)
		Clock/Calendar
		Phoenix Bios

Now, I have two questions. First, am I missing somethings here that are 
important to run SCO UNIX Sys V ?   Second, I know SCO Sys V runs well on
Compag and AST 386-based PCs, but does it run on street-price clone like
Northgate or Gateway 2000 386-based PCs ?  Please help me to determine 
the right config. before buying...!  

Thank you very much in advance to those who reply.

Sincerely,

Thanh "Tom" Nguyen 
at NASA Lewis Research Center/(216)826-6619