Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!ico!rcd From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Is this a reasonable platform for SCO Unix? Summary: depends on how many bells/whistles Message-ID: <1991Apr25.190413.4785@ico.isc.com> Date: 25 Apr 91 19:04:13 GMT References: Distribution: comp.unix.sysv386 Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO Lines: 26 chas@stax.uchicago.edu (Charles Blair) writes: > I've just installed SCO Unix on a 16 MHz AST Bravo 386/SX, Paradise > VGA Plus card, Princeton Max 15 monitor. The installation went well, > and Open Desktop looks like it might be something I could put in front > of our users (the configuration above is standard for them), but > performance is very slow. The SX ought to be enough for UNIX itself, but the ODT layer really wants more horsepower than that. Still, CPU may not be your major limitation at this point... > Admittedly, the machine has only 4 MB memory (we'll install more, but > the dealer said 4 MB was sufficient if we didn't push it)... Unless SCO has changed it recently, they were recommending a minimum of 6 Mb for ODT, and I'd say you really want 8. At 4 Mb you're likely to be thrashing badly. (This isn't all due to ODT, nor specific to SCO--X is the major hog.) > Is the 386/SX architecture just sub-optimal for Unix?... No. The SX is fine for UNIX, but I feel it's not enough power for UNIX+X. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 ...While you were reading this, Motif grew by another kilobyte.