32 users on a 486 system

[Dave Hammond]

I'd like to get some feedback from anyone who's got any practical
experience putting 30+ users on a 486 or 386 machine.

Under consideration is an HP Vectra 486/25mhz machine, 16mb of RAM, 2
310mb ESDI drives and some kind of intelligent i/o controller (probably
a Computone ALC with 2 16-port async adapters).  Users will access the
system via standard character terminals.

The program load will be data entry, report generation and serial
communications (direct wire to non-Unix hosts and via modem to remote
Unix hosts).

If you've got experience putting 30+ users on a {4,3}86-based system
(especially on HP Vectra machines), I'd like to hear your war stories.

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Dave Hammond
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