Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-eddie!mdf From: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Anyone out there using a Convergent MiniFrame? Message-ID: <1137@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 18:48:38 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.1137 Posted: Fri Jan 17 18:48:38 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Jan-86 04:46:12 EST Distribution: na Organization: StrongPoint Systems, Inc. (guest of Ohio State U.) Lines: 36 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** We are about to purchase a machine to do development on. I recently posted a request for opinions, but got no response. Perhaps I asked too general a set of questions. Here is another try. Our application is basically as follows: Someone dials our machine and uploads a file to us, we use an outgoing line to download a file from another machine, then we download a response to the party that called originally, after running the whole mess through various formulas; we expect five to ten dial-in and two or three dial-out lines and two to three terminals. We are able to practically steal a Mini Frame for about $12,00 including a graphics terminal, an intelligent terminal, whatever UNIX comes with it, APPGEN, FORTRAN, and a buch of other stuff. Is the MiniFrame a reasonable candidate for the job? (I've heard that the Mini Frame has a rather bizarre way of dealing with serial ports, and since that's 90% of our application, I am particularly interested in any information in this area.) Thanks for the help! -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark D. Freeman Guest account at The Ohio State University StrongPoint Systems, Inc. mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP 209 Olentangy Street Mdf@Ohio-State.CSNET Columbus, OH 43202-2340 Mdf%Ohio-State@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA !cbosgd!osu-eddie!mdf I disclaim even my very existance. Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. -- Gary Zukav from "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>