Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!news From: ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: 6000 pricing Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 90 18:51:36 GMT References: <9077@stiatl.UUCP> <1580@awdprime.UUCP> <7887@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: mikulska@odin.ucsd.edu's message of 25 Feb 90 00:09:09 GMT In article <7887@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> mikulska@odin.ucsd.edu (Margaret Mikulska) writes: Marg> In article <1580@awdprime.UUCP> marc@awdprime.austin.ibm.com.UUCP (Marc J. Stephenson) writes: >In article <9077@stiatl.UUCP> meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) writes: >[ stuff about hardware configurations and prices deleted ] > >>Now, what comes with the software? TCP/IP, I assume [...] Marg> Speaking of which, could anybody elaborate on networking utilities coming Marg> with AIX 3.x ? In particular, I'm interested how compatible 6000 is in Marg> this respect with Sun networking environment. It has all of the 'Berkeley' programs. And seems to work fairly well with both Suns and IBM RTs. Marg> Another question: Marg> I heard that AIX doesn't have 'dump' or 'restore'. What backup utilities Marg> do they have then ? Both dump and restore exist and are similar to the AIX 2.2.1 versions, but some of the arguments are different. Marg> Do they support 150 MB QIC-150 cartridge drives ? What about Exabyte drives ? The one I have came with a 150MB QIC tape, but it is written in a format that does not appear to be compatible with other 150MB drives. -- Dan Ehrlich Voice: +1 814 863 1142 FAX: +1 814 865 3176