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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5874 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:59:27 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bronze.ucs.indiana.edu!btaplin From: btaplin@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (bradley richard taplin) Subject: Anyone used SparcClassic and/or the Solaris 2.1 included with it? Message-ID: <C0AAB6.6w2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Summary: Curious about the new Sparc, Solaris 2.1,if hard drive is enough. Sender: btaplin@ucs.indiana.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: bronze.ucs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 15:13:54 GMT Lines: 26 Hello. I recently read the "real low-end" article in a late-fall issue of SunExpert and am curious about the new SparcClassic. Is 16 mb RAM, a 207 mb hard drive, and Solaris 2.1 a good standalone package? Would it be possible to develop using GNU C or Sun's C? C++ as well? Scheme? Could this become a "home server" providing terminal access from a Macintosh and/or DOS box in other rooms? An alternative in my mind is a fast 486. Dell can preload their UNIX S5R4 for a very reasonable sum, bringing the total cost hardware plus operating system to under what the SparcClassic now goes for, and Dell's newer systems are Pentium-upgradeable. Moving down the cost levels, I understand Tenon's MachTen is a full implementation of Mach UNIX for about $600 and up that I could run on the Mac LCII 4/80 we currently have at home. We might require a little more memory and/or storage. Opinions? Finally, has anyone used Coherent 4.x? I intend to learn UNIX but finances are very tight right now, so I figure a 386 with Coherent (total system+OS under $1000) might be a good start. I mean to become a competent UNIX sysadmin, in practice and I hope by profession, so might a 386 be inadequate for my needs? Thanks for your time. Please e-mail to btaplin@ucs.indiana.edu. -- Oh Joy! Please e-mail all responses to btaplin@ucs.indiana.edu. :)