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From: olsen@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Jim Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Summary of Microport SysV/AT Info
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 17:20:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 17 17:20:45 1987
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Here's a summary of the Microport System V/AT info I recently requested.
Thanks to Karl Denninger, Andrew Ginter, Michael Grenier, Burt Janz, Jay
Maynard, Len Mills, and Brad Transue for responding.

> 1. Where would you buy it?

Five of the seven respondents heartily recommend the Programmer's
Connection, 136 Sunnyside St., Hartville, OH 44632, tel. 800-336-1166.

Karl Denninger recommends his own company, Macro Computer Solutions,
tel. (voice) 312-566-8910, (modem) 312-566-8909.

> 2. What minimum hardware would you recommend for a mostly single-user system?

The consensus is that at least 2-2.5 Mbyte of RAM and 30-40 Mbyte of disk
is required for good operation.  More is better.  Karl Denninger suggests
that the disk should be voice-coil, not stepper-motor actuated.

> 3. Does DOSMerge work well?

No.  The current beta version is buggy.  The released version, supposedly
available in a couple of weeks, may be better.  One should probably wait
for the released version of DOSMerge, along with version 2.3 of SysV/AT.
-- 
Jim Olsen	olsen@xn.ll.mit.edu
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