Need OPINIONS on AIX PS/2 (Pleeease)

[stickler at cc.helsinki.fi]

I have the potential option to get a PS/2 (386) running AIX PS/2 on loan for
graduate research, but I don't have any experience with AIX (I have used most
other flavors of UNIX), so I don't know if this machine will help or hinder
my work, so to speak.

Could those who are using (or have used) AIX PS/2 *please* give me some
insights into its reliability, portability, etc. etc.

Of particular concern is the performance of X11 on e.g. a 20MHz 80386 with 16
MB RAM. I will be the sole user, so X11 will more than likely be the most
demanding program running at any given time.

Also, any comments regarding difficulties in compiling "common" PD UNIX tools
such as Perl, RCS, and the GNU stuff would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance for all you AIX people who help me in this!


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     Patrick Stickler       Research Unit for Computational Linguistics
        OH2/KC4YYY              Department of General Linguistics
  stickler at cc.helsinki.fi             University of Helsinki
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