UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions (General)
Andrew Josey
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UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions (General)
For more information about the files which make up the total UnixWare FAQ,
see the "FAQ Overview" file posted regularly on the Internet newsgroup
comp.unix.unixware.misc.
Introduction
This is the General section of the UnixWare Frequently Asked Questions file
maintained on the Internet. Its maintainers are Evan Leibovitch and Andrew
Josey. Suggestions and contributions are always welcome.
The General section covers general aspects of UnixWare not covered in the
other sections of the FAQ be subdivided in the future if necessary.
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This FAQ contains the following questions and answers:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
G1) What is UnixWare? Is it really SVR4 based?
G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare?
G3) How much does UnixWare cost?
G4) What industry standards does UnixWare support?
G5) What versions of X11 and Motif are supported? What about CDE?
G6) What's in UnixWare 2.1?
G7) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC?
How can I find out hardware compatibility?
G8) What is the current release/version of UnixWare?
G9) What's new in UnixWare 7?
G10) How is UnixWare 7 packaged?
G11) What networking support is included in UnixWare 7 ?
G12) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare?
G13) How about review articles on UnixWare?
G14) Are there anonymous ftp / mail server sites with UnixWare archives?
G15) Where can I get online information on UnixWare?
G16) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare?
G17) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]?
G18) Is there a UnixWare user's group?
G19) Does UnixWare support multiprocessing?
G20) Does UnixWare function as a NetWare server?
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QUESTIONS
Subject: G1) What is UnixWare? Is it really SVR4 based?
UnixWare is one of SCO's UNIX operating system offerings (transferred from
Novell to SCO on Dec 6th 1995), combining UNIX(R) System V Release 4.2
for 80x86 processors (including Multiprocessors) with NetWare client
connectivity (and NW Server in UW2.1), DOS Merge, Motif, support and
documentation. It provides a graphical user interface based on the
X11R5 windowing system, and is capable of running Unix, DOS, and/or
Windows programs. The most recent version is known as UnixWare 7.
Some History....
UnixWare, first released in November 1992, was the product of a
jointly-owned venture, named Univel, between Novell and Unix System
Laboratories (USL, then 77% majority owned by AT&T). In June 1993,
Novell completed its acquisition of USL and, by extension, Univel.
USL and Univel were folded into the Novell Unix Systems Group
(USG, the namesake of an earlier group by the same
name at AT&T).
UnixWare 2 and 2.1 were developed by the same team (formerly
at 190 River Road, Summit, New Jersey, then Florham Park, NJ)
that worked with Sun Microsystems to create UNIX(R) System V Release 4.
UnixWare 1.x was based on the UNIX(R) System V Release 4.2 kernel completed
by USL in July 1992 , and UnixWare 2.x was based on the UNIX(R) System V
Release 4.2MP kernel completed by USL in December 1993.
In September 1995 Novell announced it was pulling out of the UNIX(R) business
and that the UnixWare business would transfer to SCO Inc. The transfer
completed on December 6th 1995. Future development of UnixWare 2 will be
done by SCO now at Murray Hill in New Jersey, USA.
The UNIX trademark, previously owned by AT&T and then deeded to USL,
passed to Novell with the acquisition of USL. After a brief period of
negotiations with rival Unix vendors Sun Microsystems, Santa Cruz
Operation, International Business Machines, and Hewlett-Packard,
Novell granted exclusive licensing rights to the UNIX trademark to
X/Open, now part of The Open Group, an international Open Systems industry
standards organization. The UNIX trademark is now owned by The Open Group
(see http://www.UNIX-systems.org
for Q&A's on X/Open UNIX and the branding programme); the industry
agreed definition of UNIX (branded as UNIX95 previously "Spec1170") is a
set of over 1,000-odd applications programming interfaces (APIs) drawn
from the following standards:
IEEE Portable Operating System's Interface (POSIX) 1003.1
AT&T's System V Interface Definition SVID3
X/Open's XPG4 Version 2 interface specification
"Use-based" APIs drawn from an assortment of third-party vendors
The Open Group has now made a HTML translation of the Single UNIX
Specification on the world wide web (see http://www.UNIX-systems.org/go/unix).
UnixWare 1.x and 2.x are or were UNIX 93 branded (SCO seemed to
drop the 1.x release off the register). UnixWare 2.1.1 and later
are UNIX 95 branded, that is are conforming to the Single UNIX Specification.
X/Open maintains an online list of branded products.
A summary of some of the key features of UnixWare (taken from
http://unixware.sco.com) follows:
32-bit processing with a fully-multithreaded kernel and preemptive
multitasking
Based on the latest version of UNIX SVR4.2 MP multiprocessor technology
Asynchronous I/O
Kernel, disk I/O and networking protocols are multithreaded for optimal
performance and scalability
User-levels threads APIs for writing multithreaded applications
Dynamically loadable modules including device drivers, file systems, etc.,
to optimize memory utilization and performance
Adheres to POSIX 1003.1, X/Open XPG4 Base Profile Brand, FIPS 151-2,
UNIX System V ABI, ABI+, SVID 3, iBCS2 and X Consortium ICCCM
Point-and click, drag-and-drop GUI
Clock, calculator, text editor, e-mail and terminal emulator
Online hypertext documentation and help facility
OSF/Motif 1.2.3 GUI for desktop and applications
Support for X-Window X11R5 facilities, including bit-mapped fonts
Adobe Type Manager plus 13 Adobe Type 1 scalable fonts (uses standard DOS
and Adobe fonts)
Intuitive installation procedure from CD-ROM or QIC-tape or via network
Graphical system and network administration tools
Support for UNIX commands, interfaces and utilities such as Bourne shell,
ksh, csh, vi, tar and cpio
Full internationalization:English, German, French, Japanese, Italian and
Spanish versions available
The list of features from Free SCO UnixWare (currently 2.1.2) is as below:
The Free SCO UnixWare product is a license to use the
fully-functional single-user version of SCO UnixWare Application
Server -- an advanced UNIX operating system that turns
industry-standard Intel processor-based PCs into high-end
workstations and development system platforms. In addition to
traditional UNIX System facilities and development tools, the
Free SCO UnixWare product includes Internet Services and full
TCP/IP networking. Internet Services includes everything you need
to quickly get up and running on the Internet or Web. Free SCO
UnixWare product allows you to explore the Internet and publish
your own Web pages using Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0. It also
allows you to run your own personal Web server using Netscape
FastTrack Server 2.0. All of this is facilitated by the fast and
reliable transport provided by enhanced PPP from Morning Star
Technologies. Additional networking capabilities include IPX/SPX
, NFS , DNS, SMTP and POP.
The development system provided with Free SCO UnixWare product
includes C and C++ compilers, a complete set of libraries and
APIs, debuggers, and other tools for code development and
testing. Use of this software is solely for educational and
non-commercial use to enable the evaluation and understanding of
SCO products.
The latest version of UnixWare is known as UnixWare 7. This
was introduced in March 1998.
See http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html for a factsheet.
Subject: G2) Where can I purchase UnixWare?
Since December 6th 1995, UnixWare can be purchased through the SCO
reseller channel.
To order SCO UnixWare in North America, call the following number:
1 800 SCO UNIX (1 800 726 8649)
For outside of North America, call:
Free UnixWare can be ordered directly from SCO
See http://www.sco.com/offers/freeUW.htm.
The current media costs are USD $19 (or #12.26 UK pounds).
Be sure to specify you want the UnixWare - I ordered it yet
received SCO OpenServer :-).
During the next quarter its expected that a free version of UnixWare 7
will be made available.
Subject: G3) How much does UnixWare cost?
As above, Free UnixWare costs USD $19-
We have no data on the other costs, contact the number above.
Subject: G4) What industry standards does UnixWare support?
UnixWare 1.x
UnixWare 1.x supports the following formal and defacto industry standards
X/Open Portability Guide Issue 3 Base Profile (XPG3)
System V Interface Definition Issue 3 (SVID3)
IEEE Std POSIX 1003.1-1990 (ISO 9945-1) [UW1.1.1 and later **]
US Govt. FIPS 151-2 [UW1.1.1 and later formally certified]
X/Open UNIX 93 branded
UnixWare 2.x
UnixWare 2.x supports the following formal and defacto industry standards
X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4 Base Profile (XPG4)
System V Interface Definition Issue 3 (SVID3)
IEEE Std POSIX 1003.1-1990 (ISO 9945-1)
US Govt. FIPS 151-2 (2.01 has been certified to GTI, MC, MFS and AP)
Partial IEEE POSIX 1003.2-1992 support (commands)
Partial XPG4 X/Open Transport Interface (XTI)
X/Open UNIX 93 branded
X/Open UNIX 95 branded (2.1.1 and later)
Looking at standards trends (as of Dec 96) UnixWare lacks completes
support for:
POSIX 1003.1b-1993 Realtime (was P1003.4) and
POSIX 1003.1c-1995 Threads; of these Threads is probably
more needed than Realtime at the moment.
UnixWare 7 claims the same level of standards compliance
as UnixWare 2.1.2 , i.e. still no pthreads or realtime support.
It does include better internet support, in the form of built
in http/ldap servers, a JVM and JDK, improved networking support.
Subject: G5) What versions of X11 and Motif are supported? What about CDE?
X11 Support (graphical display system)
UnixWare 2 currently supports the X11 graphical system at release 5
(complete with the standard X11 libraries and window managers). However,
an unsupported release of X11R6 (as well as updated graphic drivers) are
available in the freebird archive.
The X11R6 server supports PEX, XIE, SHAPE ,MIT-SHM, Multi-Buffering,
XTEST, BIG-REQUESTS, MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, XIdle,
DEC-XTRAP, XIE, SYNC and XC-MISC extensions.
The X11R5 server supports SHAPE, MIT-SHM, Multi-Buffering, XTEST,
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, XIdle and DEC-XTRAP extensions.
Motif
Motif libraries and the mwm window manager are shipped with UnixWare. The
current version of Motif is 1.2.3. Also included are the MOTIF/OpenLook (Moolit)
libraries and window manager.
CDE (Common Desktop Environment)
Although UnixWare 2 out-of-the-box doesn't support CDE directly, UnixWare
2 is "CDE-ready". This allows third parties to provide CDE functinality for
UnixWare 2. One such company is TriTeal (see http://www.triteal.com).
UnixWare 7 adds builtin support for X11R6 and CDE. Its not clear
from the blurb what version of CDE and Motif are supported.
Subject: G6) What's in UnixWare 2.1?
A white paper describing UnixWare 2.1 can be downloaded from
http://unixware.sco.com/2.1/newmastr.pdf
You'll need a PDF viewer -
Binaries for 7 UNIX platfforms including UnixWare are available on
ftp://ftp.xopen.org/pub/PDF/xpdf. ftp.adobe.com has the freely available
acrobat reader for Microsoft Windows and other platforms too.
The html version is on
http://unixware.sco.com/2.1/wp/wpunxtoc.htm
Subject: G7) What are UnixWare's hardware requirements? Does it run on a PC?
How can I find out hardware compatibility?
Yes, UnixWare runs on PCs. The necessary hardware configuration for
installing and running UnixWare is:
* A personal computer running an Intel 80386 or higher processor
with a minimum speed of 25MHz.
The ISA, EISA, and MCA bus architectures are supported.
* A minimum of 8MB RAM for the Personal Edition.
* A minimum of 12 MB RAM for the Application Server.
* A minimum 80MB hard disk for the Personal Edition.
* A minimum 120 MB hard disk for the Application Server.
* A minimum 40MB if you have a second hard disk (optional).
* A 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch diskette drive for booting UnixWare.
* A serial, bus, or PS/2-compatible mouse is recommended, but not required.
Evan Leibovitch (ev...@telly.on.ca) notes that, while UnixWare does not
absolutely require a 3.5" diskette drive, it is a practical necessity
in real world usage. Many useful/necessary packages only come on 3.5"
media. He adds that the 1.1 release supports the new 2.88MB format
3.5" floppies for those machines which support it.
Eric Raymond used to post in the Usenet group comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
a guide to hardware compatibility for Unix versions that run on
Intel-based hardware. While not specifically devoted to UnixWare, it
was handy for discussions of the difficulties that may be encountered
in installing Unix on PC hardware. Unfortunately, nothing has been
heard from Raymond in recent times and, while you can probably find a
copy of the last version of the pc-clone hardware guide in the
rtfm.mit.edu archives, the information therein is getting more dated
by the minute.
SCO maintain a set of Web pages that provide an Online
Hardware Compatibility Handbook. The UnixWare2 information is
integrated into that. This is available at:
http://www.sco.com/Third/hch
The freebird project also maintains a set of web pages where UnixWare
users can register their hardware configurations:
See http://www.freebird.org/hwcompat.html.
Subject: G8) What is the current release/version of UnixWare?
The latest release of UnixWare is UnixWare 7.
The latest FREE release is UnixWare 2.1.2.
The last version of UnixWare 1.x is release 1.1.4.
The last version of UnixWare 2.0x is release 2.03.
Subject: G9) What's new in UnixWare 7?
Much of the following is taken from the SCO Web site
at http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html .
SVR5 Kernel
* Large scale memory support up to 64GB
* Large scale data storage with built-in disk spanning. 1TB
files/filesystems and total storage of up to 76,500TB
* Dynamic kernel with reduced per process memory and self-tuning for maximum
performance
* 64-bit filesystems, development tools and libraries
Heterogeneous Network Computing
* Network User Licenses for automatic user access to all services at a
networked site (or campus), irrespective of the server that provides them
* LDAP directory server, DHCP server, multi-link PPP and IPv6 APIs for
enterprise wide connectivity
* Scalable Message Store with support for IMAP4 for local, remote and mobil
mail services
* Optimized Java and JDK for web-enabled applications
* Webtop, CDE or character-based interface
Remote and Centralized Management
* Tarantella technology for complete remote control via browser-based
administration from anywhere
* SCOadmin Wizards, new graphical configuration managers and point-and-click
management using the console or via networked or dial-up connections
* Host Group Management for one step management of multiple servers
* Built-in SCO ARCserve/Open from Cheyenne Backup/Restore with automated,
unattended operation
Reliability and Fault Tolerance
* Hot Plug PCI systems
* High Availability Clustering
* Dynamic Kernel Drivers with device independent driver instances that can
be disabled, loaded/unloaded and enable system reconfiguration without
bringing it down
* Hot Swap Devices
Emerging Hardware Support
* Video adapters with advanced graphics capabilities; new audio hardware
* Fast Ethernet, FDDI and ISDN for high speed connectivity
* Multipath I/O, I2O, Hot Plug PCI, SSA and support for Fiber Channel
devices
* High Speed Modems and Serial communications up to 115K
* Hot Plug Controllers and Disk Drives for live adding/replacement of
components
Subject: G10)How is UnixWare 7 packaged?
Unixware 7 now packages the OS into five separate bundles as follows:
Enterprise Edition:
For high-end enterprise servers to run large-scale business applications
and databases for decision support and on-line transaction processing.
Departmental Edition:
For departmental servers in medium or large organizations to run
applications and reliably share business critical information with any client
including PCs, NCs, terminals and any Java-enabled browser client.
Intranet Edition:
An industrial strength intranet/Internet server for enterprise wide web
publishing and is an ideal foundation for e-commerce, extranet and Internet
applications.
Messaging Edition:
For departmental and enterprise-wide Internet mail and messaging
servers with powerful and reliable remote messaging capabilities, universal
client access and simplified administration via built-in directory services.
Base Edition:
A solid foundation for building dedicated or specialized server
environments, such as telecommunications equipment and other embedded
systems. It also excels as a powerful graphical workstation.
Base Departmental Enterprise Intranet Messaging
System Requirements
Memory (Min/Max) 16/512MB 32MB/4GB 32MB/64GB 32MB/4GB 32MB/4GB
Disk Space 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB 500MB/1GB
(Min/Recommended)
Graphics 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA 800x600 VGA800x600 VGA
(Recommended Min)
Subject: G11) What networking support is included in UnixWare 7 ?
(I= included) [source = http://www.sco.com/unixware/new_features/factsheet.html]
(O=optional)
Base Departmental Enterprise Intranet Messaging
Networking Support
TCP/IP w/ Internet I I I I I
utilities, IPv6
APIs & DHCP
Multilink, I I I I I
Multidomain PPP,
SLIP
IPX/SPXII I I I I I
NetBIOS I I I I I
NetBEUI w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS w/AFPS
SNMP (MIB II) I I I I I
LDAP I I I I I
ISDN, Fast Ethernet I I I I I
(100MB, FDDI)
NFS, NIS I I I I I
Mail and Messaging
Sendmail I I I I I
IMAP4, POP3, SMTP, I I I I I
MIME
Graphical and I I I I I
Character Clients
Netscape I I
Communicator 4.0
Netscape FastTrack I I I I
Netscape Enterprise O O O I O
Server 3.5
w/Indexing engine,
SQL and ODBC
connectivity
Netscape Directory O O O I I
Server 3.5
Subject: G12) Are there any books I can read/purchase about UnixWare and UNIX ?
If you have UnixWare 2, firstly try the online documentation -
now in Dynatext and a great improvement on the UnixWare 1.x Fingertip
Librarian.
A book worth considering is "Novell's Guide to UnixWare 2"
by Chris Negus and Larry Schumer . This is a second edition,
the previous edition was about UnixWare 1.1. Published by Sybex
its ISBN number is 0-7821-1720-1.
Its also possible to order printed documentation (see the developer
FAQ for details).
Another good reference is the UNIX Press books on Unix SVR4.2.
Samuel Ko (k...@sfu.ca or s...@wimsey.bc.ca) maintains the "Concise
Guide to UNIX Books", which is posted regularly to the Usenet
newsgroups misc.books.technical, alt.books.technical,
biz.books.technical, comp.unix.questions, comp.unix.wizards,
comp.unix.admin, comp.answers, and news.answers. It can also be
downloaded from the Internet via anonymous ftp at
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix.
This list contains many titles of interest to UNIX users both new and
old, and is well worth the trouble to acquire.
A list of pointers to book resources can also be found at
http://www.UNIX-systems.org/link_list.html.
If you are looking for a reference guides to UNIX, TPI and NPI
then see The Open Group's online web publications at
http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/catalog/web.htm
Subject: G13) How about review articles on UnixWare?
Open Systems Today, in its February 15 1993 issue, reviewed the
initial release of UnixWare 1.0.
The June 15, 1993 PC Magazine reviewed UnixWare favorably, rating it
the Editor's Choice for "Intel Unix" above Consensys V4.2, Dell Unix
(RIP), Interactive, SCO Open Desktop, NeXTStep on Intel and Solaris
x86. (Note that the last two were reviewed prior to release.) The
review concluded `This just may be the Unix for the masses.'
UnixWorld magazine profiled UnixWare over a two-part series in the
July and August 1993 issues. UnixWorld looked at UnixWare from the
traditional Unix user's point of view, predicting that `power Unix
users will dismiss UnixWare out of hand, ' but also noting the
advantages of the tight integration with NetWare. The UnixWorld
reviews are probably much more useful to a system administrator than
an ordinary user.
Byte Magazine, after a September 1992 "Is Unix dead?" cover story that
looks rather silly now in retrospect, gave UnixWare (then still in
beta) a friendly reception in its January 1993 issue. `On features
alone, UnixWare is one hot number: networked file, mail, printer, and
application sharing; NetWare client connectivity; DOS compatibility;
high-performance multitasking and virtual memory; a network-capable
windowing system with scalable Adobe Type Manager fonts; two levels of
hypertext help -- and these are just the highest of the high points'
opined the Byte reviewer (Tom Yager [tya...@bytepb.byte.com], Byte's
Multimedia Lab).
Subject: G14) Are there anonymous ftp / mail server sites with UnixWare archives?
SCO has an anonymous ftp service at ftp.sco.com.
UnixWare files can be found under ~ftp/UW20.
For freeware checkout
http://www.freebird.org
and
ftp://ftp.freebird.org/unixware/freebird
binaries of handy things like the GNU development tools, perl, Seyon
and GhostScript show up there.
The freebird project has two other prime sites:
ftp://ftp1.freebird.org/pub/mirror/freebird
ftp://ftp2.freebird.org/pub/unixware/freebird
For the list of mirror sites see http://www.freebird.org/ftp_sites.html.
Subject: G15) Where can I get online information on UnixWare?
*** COMPUSERVE ***
SCO maintains a UnixWare forum on CompuServe. If you have a
CompuServe ID and wish to access this form, type:
GO UNIXWARE
at any CompuServe prompt. There are message sections for General
Information, Product Information, Developers, DOS Merge, Installation,
X Windows, Networking, Device Drivers, Printing, Communications,
Applications, Bug Watchers, and Updates.
If you do not have a CompuServe ID, contact CompuServe Customer
Service at 800-848-8990 or 614-457-8650 for information on setting up
an account.
*** USENET ***
If you have access to Usenet, look into the newsgroup
news:comp.unix.unixware.misc, comp.unix.unixware.announce.
These forums entertains discussions and announcements of all issues
related to UnixWare. Other newsgroups possibly of interest to
UnixWare users are
news:comp.unix.sys5.r4
(for discussions relating to the
System V Release 4 version of Unix, which includes Novell's UnixWare)
and
news:comp.unix.misc
(for miscellaneous discussions of Unix).
If you do not have access to Usenet, you have a variety of options.
If you have access to a Unix system, chances are good that it may
already provide Usenet access - particularly if it is at an academic
or research site. If you do not have access to a Unix system, your
best bet is to get an account with one of the increasing number of
public-access Unix systems being set up by entrepreneurial Unix
sysadmins. You can find the contact phone numbers for such systems in
any one of the many books on the Internet now beginning to flood the
popular press.
*** MAILING LIST ***
(It's not clear that the following list is working at the moment).
The news:comp.unix.unixware.misc newsgroup is gatewayed into a
mailing list for the benefit of those users with email, but not
Usenet, access. I quote from Evan Leibovitch's instructions for that
list:
TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE/GET HELP/ETC:
Send an appropriate message to any *one* of the following addresses,
each of which is addressed to the list server mechanism at this site
(listed in order of my preference):
list...@telly.on.ca
univel-...@telly.on.ca
list...@telly.on.ca
The body of your message should contain one of the following lines
*AS ITS ONLY CONTENT*:
subscribe univel Your_Full_Name (Not your e-mail address, the system
will pick that up from the headers.)
unsubscribe univel
recipients univel (gets a list of subscribers)
help
*** EMAIL ***
(This section needs to be reworked.)
*** FTP ***
SCO maintains an official UnixWare FTP site at ftp.sco.com. To
access this server, you will of course need Internet access. Type
ftp ftp.sco.com
At the login prompt, type
anonymous
When it asks for a password, enter your full email address.
UnixWare 2.x updates and patches can be found in /UW20.
*** WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) ***
SCO have now taken over the UnixWare WWW site (indeed UnixWare 2.1
will include a copy of Mosaic that defaults to this page)
(Its not clear if SCO has a European presence for a Web or ftp site).
Via the WWW server at unixware.sco.com, you can submit product inquiries
and technical support queries.
Plus, there's quite a bit of documentation there to be perused.
For a collection of freeware and shareware ported to UnixWare see
http://www.freebird.org/
You can now get Netscape for UnixWare from SCO (see
http://www.freebird.org for a link to that).
*** GOPHER ***
We've no data on the availability of any gopher servers at the moment.
Subject: G16) Where can I get a hardware compatibility list for UnixWare?
SCO has a set of Web pages containing hardware compatibility for
all of SCO's server products. Certified hardware for UnixWare 2 has been
merged into those pages which can be found at http://www.sco.com/Third/hch.
Users of the freebird web site also register successful hardware
configurations at http://www.freebird.org/hwcompat.html..
Subject: G17) Where can I find a driver for [accelerated graphics card]?
Try ftp'ing to ftp.freebird.org, and look in the
/unixware/freebird/x11/servers/betaX directory. Check the
README file there for a listing of currently available drivers.
These drivers are updated on a quarterly basis,
and may be newer than those (and/or unavailable) on the latest OS
distribution.
Subject: G18) Is there a UnixWare user's group?
Dan Busarow writes: The SCO Users Group can be reached electronically
as sc...@xenitec.on.ca. Subscription requests to
scoug-...@xenitec.on.ca.
Subject: G19) Does UnixWare support multiprocessing?
Yes, Multiprocessing support is included in release 2.01.
Subject: G20) Does UnixWare function as a NetWare server?
Yes UnixWare 2.1 with NWS (NetWare Services) runs as a
NetWare 4.1 Server. (Rumour has it than in some configurations
the UnixWare NetWare server out performs native NetWare!)
The features and components (this taken from http://unixware.sco.com)
that are included with the UW2.1 NWS technology include:
NetWare Directory Services™ 4.1 (NDS)™
NetWare 4.1 File Services
NetWare 4.1 Print Services
Graphical Administration
Integrated backup and restore
Hybrid user management
User Licensing
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