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Xref: sserve comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:3937 comp.unix.bsd:12346 comp.os.linux:51498 comp.unix.questions:37379 comp.os.mach:3121 comp.unix.solaris:5264 Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.questions,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.solaris Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!cunews!bertrand!ceh From: ceh@alouette.sce.carleton.ca (Curtis Hrischuk) Subject: Unix close for 486 - commens requested Message-ID: <CEH.93Aug5102012@alouette.sce.carleton.ca> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Real Time Distributed Systems Group, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 15:20:12 GMT Lines: 35 Hi. I am looking for comments about using 80486 PCs as Unix boxes. Before the flame throwers come out, here is the reason: I am in an acedemic environment that runs a large amount of simulations. Rather than have a $40K workstation run 10 simulations, it would be faster to run the simulations on 10 80486 PCs (and more reliable). To achieve this, there are some functions that are necessary: - Transparent NFS. Should be able to access files on the PC just like any other NFS connected workstation. - Use gcc or g++ compiler, and other GNUish tools. If it came with its own compiler even better. - Remote login capabilities, so that users could remotely login and start batch simulation jobs. To be perfectly honest, I don't know what this means in terms of kernel capabilities: Is TCP/IP networking necessary? ...... If you could provide some comments about this, please do. This brings us to the question of hardware - what are typical requirements for Unix (clones+) for 80486 platforms? Your experience is invaluable. I will summarize the comments and repost. Thank you for your time. Curtis -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Curtis Hrischuk | Boundaries of Science: | | ceh@sce.carleton.ca | 1) How did I get here? | | Carleton University | 2) Why am I here? | | Ottawa, Canada, K1S-5B6 | 3) What happens when I leave? | | Ph (613) 788-2600 x1762 | "The proof is almost identical to the previous| | FAX (613) 788-5727 | proof and hence omitted here."(actual quote) |