Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tropez!dlucy
From: dlucy@tropez.UUCP (Doug Lucy)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Unix V/386 and TCP/IP
Keywords: tcp/ip windows
Message-ID: <139@tropez.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 90 01:48:08 GMT
Organization: DC Pro, Falls Church, VA
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We're hoping to start porting our s/w to X Windows in June and I'm looking
to put together the hardware for our development. The eventual "picture"
should look like:

	Unix V/386 3.2 running on a 386-33 w/ cache
	8 Mb RAM
	TCP/IP using a WD8033E card
	X11R3 development sys
	Locus's DOS Merge (to allow Windows/386)

The real testing will occur on 286-based "terminals", on which:

	MS-DOS running on 286-12
	1-2 Mb RAM
	TCP/IP using WD8003E
	Cardinal VGA 512K 16 bit card (1024x768x16, 800x600x256)
	Samsung SyncMaster 2

Interactive and AT&T are the two vendors currently in the running.

My questions:

	What's wrong with the above picture? Am I missing something?
	What TCP/IP should I put on the 286 terminal? Is there a DOS
		PD version?
	Should I consider getting X11 somewhere other than Interactive
		or AT&T? How does the MIT distribution work?
	What can I expect (or not) in the way of printer drivers? Will
		we be writing our own Epson 7-color or Kodak CVP?

Thanks for any help.
-- 

  "It's such a fine line between clever..."     < Doug Lucy           DC Pro >
  "...and stupid."                              < uucp:   uunet!tropez!dlucy >
  "Yeah, stupid."                               < bbs:          703-370-8672 >