Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!nddsun1!digital!digital.sps.mot.com!chen From: chen@digital.sps.mot.com (Jinfu Chen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: ADUS SysAdmin summary? Message-ID: <51d64a3b.3593b@digital.sps.mot.com> Date: 28 May 91 18:42:06 GMT References: <399@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> Sender: news@digital.sps.mot.com Organization: Motorola, LICD, SPS, Mesa, AZ Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: logic > >Anyone care to summarize the high (and low) points of the ADUS SysAdmin > >conference for those of us who couldn't attend? > >I'll let someone else speak to the high points. I didn't attend the conference but a fellow worker passed a few (high?) points: In SR10.4 (scheduled released on Q3/91?) disk quota is enforced in single volume (i.e. can't put a user's files across several volume). Also in SR10.4, screen lock will be provided for DM (I guess it will use the value set by scrto). OSF DCE will run on ATR (Apollo Token Ring) cable. At least we don't have to re-wire the building with one exception (see below) > They touted a fantastic price/performance ratio. However, to >Apollo Users the price/performance is infinity. Exactly! Software issues aside, HP doesn't even offer an ATR option on the 700 series so for those of us who spent zillions dollars (or hours if your boss is cheap) setting token ring cables, we couldn't hook up the 700 series into our existing network even OSF/1 and DCE would have been available. An unconfirmed rumor is that HP contracted someone else to make a ATR board for the 700 series. I hope this is true and HP will make it available in similar fasion on the 400 series. Like many have said before, the 700 series bears nothing of Apolloism except the label. To current Domain users, it's just another fast box (I'm impressed with the speed though).