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- From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: SUN IPC as a standalone
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.142935.660@ukw.uucp>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 14:29:35 GMT
- References: <e3hC02mE2eu401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <36535@sophia.inria.fr>
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- rriv@oural.inria.fr (Robert Riviere) writes:
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- >In article <e3hC02mE2eu401@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> esm40@cd.amdahl.com (Ed McGettigan) writes:
- >>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 just configured an IPC for my boss for using at home. It has a 200Mo disk and
- >8Mo Ram, and I've been able to give him X-windows, latex and epoch.
- >I've been using it a little, and it works pretty well...
-
- I suppose Mo means Megaoctects? :-)
-
- >It would perhaps be a little small for 'developing some new X-applications',
- >but a 500Mo disk and 16Mo RAN would work fine.
-
- >An amusing fact is that you cannot configure SunOS for not including inet.
- >Even for a totally standalone usage...
-
- You would loose IP-based sockets, which renders many applications
- absolutely useless. The amusing fact is that it is still an option.
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