Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!nosc!crash!ncr-sd!serene!rfarris From: rfarris@rfengr.com (Rick Farris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Is this a reasonable platform for SCO Unix? Keywords: benchmarking Message-ID: <1991Apr26.052136.22117@rfengr.com> Date: 26 Apr 91 05:21:36 GMT References: <638@mixcom.COM> <1991Apr25.143342.18221@news.cs.indiana.edu> Distribution: comp.unix.sysv386 Organization: RF Engineering, Del Mar, California Lines: 51 In article <1991Apr25.143342.18221@news.cs.indiana.edu> mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) writes: > I don't use the SCO X11R3 and have not installed the X11R4 > X386, but the SPARC graphics is clearly much much better > than what I've got. A Renaissance card under Dell (1kx768x256) or a #9 card under ODT, with Xoftware X11R4 from AGE Logic (1280x1024x256) will make the IPC look sick. Here's how the price breaks down: 25 MHz 486 w/ 8MB, 200 MB, no graphics $3,000 #9 Graphics eXcellerator (1280x1024x256) $1,800 NEC 5D 20" monitor $2,000 Xoftware (X11R4) from AGE Logic $600 SCO Open Desktop $1,000 ------- $8,400 Sun IPC w/8 MB, 200 MB, 16" 1190x900 color $9,995 And the 486 has a much larger, higher resolution screen, and is quicker. And you can get software for about half the price of Sun stuff. And ODT includes DOS emulation and Ingres, either of which will cost you an arm and a leg under Sun. (I included the Xoftware because it actually loads onto the #9 card (which has 6 MB of RAM), unburdening the host cpu from running the X server) And if you want an inexpensive solution, get a Hercules Graphics Station card (60 MHz 34010) for about $600 and a NEC 4D or Nanao 16" monitor for about $800, and get the same snappy 1kx768x256 performance. 25 MHz 486 w/ 8MB, 200 MB, no graphics $3,000 Hercules Graphics Station Card $600 NEC 4D 16" $1,000 Xoftware (X11R4) from AGE Logic $600 SCO Open Desktop $1,000 ------- $6,200 Still better performance than the IPC. -- Rick Farris RF Engineering POB M Del Mar, CA 92014 voice (619) 259-6793 rfarris@rfengr.com ...!ucsd!serene!rfarris serenity bbs 259-7757