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From: admin@expya.UUCP (System Administrator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.microport,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Information on 386 network and file servers
Message-ID: <441@expya.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 11:31:42 GMT
Reply-To: admin@expya.UUCP (System Administrator)
Organization: Computer Science Dept. - University of Exeter. UK
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We are thinking of setting up a network of 32 IBM PC-AT compatible
(80386-based, 4Mb RAM) with one or two PC's acting as a file server
(16 Mb RAM) for the rest and using ethernet.

We would be grateful if any one can comment or provide some
information on the following:

	What unix is available to run on 80386-based PC-AT compatible 
	(16 megahertz, 4 Mb RAM, 40 Mb Hard disk).  

	Will it be able to support such a network.  Or will we have to
	hookup something like a Sun as the server and run pc-nfs (if
	there is one available under unix PC)

-- 
Khalid Sattar, Computer Science Dept.
University of Exeter 
Exeter EX4 4PT - UK
{admin,khalid}@cs.exeter.ac.uk