In article <1992Dec15.220949.18691@gta.com> paul@gta.com (Paul Emerson) writes:
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>From article <e3hC02mE2eu401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>, by esm40@cd.amdahl.com (Ed McGettigan):
>> I was thinking about getting a SUN IPC(or a 1+) for use at home and wanted
>> to run it pretty much as I do at work for developing some new X-applications.
>> I planned on doing data transfers with a modem or simply on 3.5" floppy.
>>
>> After talking to some people here at work they are under the impression that I> need some sort of a server as well (another $4000-$5000). What's the deal?
>> I'm sure that other people are running X11R4 (tvtwm window manager)on a IPC at> home with less than 1gig disk. If you can help I'd appreciate it.
>>
>How do you expect to run a system at home if you don't understand how the
>thing works in the first place? Hell you can run a SLC stand alone if you
>add a properly configured disk drive.
>
Suck eggs ;-) My brother-in-law has an SLC at home with a 669 disk and dosn't
now beans about workstations. He just learned VI a couple of months ago.
For now, I have to help configure printers and modems for him (a one time
chore), but he may be able to do that himself with Solaris 2.1 (we'll see).
He reciently complained that he had to chase away his 9 and 6 year old kids
who were hogging the machine playing games so he could do some work.
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