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From: fleming@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: System Shopping Channel
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Date: 29 Dec 89 10:38:22 GMT
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Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!fleming    Dec 28 22:52:00 1989





	Please, please, please pardon my ignorance, but I need some ideas...

	I want to implement a system that will use at least 100 phone lines
	to let many, many users access one body of data on a central 
	system.

	My experience says that a UNIX system is the only practical approach.

	Now, I've used plenty of UNIX systems, but I've never bought one.  What
	should I be looking for?  How powerful does the system need to be to
	accommodate this many users?  What if I went to 500 users?

	How's that for a neophistic bunch of questions?

	Thanks for your help!

	d