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From: jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Building a UNIX system
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Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 11:17:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 11:17:29 1987
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I'm trying to put together a 80386 UNIX system.  I'd like to hear any
recommendations/horror stories that the net might have, both Hardware
and Software.

My requirements:  I'd like to get a 16 or 20 Meg 386 system, Hopefully
with 3 or 4 Meg of 32bit ram.  A 1.2 Meg floppy will probably suffice
at first, but I want the ability to upgrade to a tape drive later.  I
need at LEAST 20Meg of usable file space after the system software is
loaded (and swap space allocated).

The UNIX has to be native '386, and I'll need a C compiler/program
development tools.  The availability of a PASCAL would also be nice.
I'd like to have nroff, but I DONT need troff.  I'll need something
like DOSMERGE:  I have to be able to run MSDOS software using the UNIX
filesystem:  I've simply got too big an investment in MSDOS software.
(I'd be satisfied if all UNIX tasks were disabled during MSDOS
operation, though).  I'm something of a hacker, so I won't need lots of
hand-holding from a vendor.  I AM a bit price sensitive, though:  The
IBM Model 80 is probably right out.

Any suggestions?  I suspect the answers would interest the rest of the
net, so I will summarize any results.  Thanks in advance.

John P. Nelson
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