Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!shamash!com50!pai!erc From: erc@pai.UUCP (Eric Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 2500 UX Summary: Request for more information Keywords: amiga unix 2500 ux Message-ID: <581@pai.UUCP> Date: 6 Jul 89 14:07:11 GMT References: <[465]un.amiga@tronsbox.UUCP> <18216@usc.edu> <7199@cbmvax.UUCP> Organization: Prime Automation, Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 57 In article <7199@cbmvax.UUCP>, ford@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes: > In article <18216@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes: > >It runs AMIX, a port of AT&T Unix System V, Release 3.1, and provides the > >AMIX proprietary Windowing Interface. > > The current beta versions of Amix are based on SysV Release 3.2, with Q: When will a production version be released? Will it have a software development system (e.g., cc, vi, man pages, nroff-- the later is now probably part of a document processing bundle)? How will the software be bundled? > various Berkeley and PD extensions. Support for additional window > systems is also included. > -- > -=] Ford [=- Q: Does the Berkeley extensions include csh and sockets? Will the X Window System be part of the "support for additional window systems"? What sort of "support" are we talking about? Q: What sort of Amiga configuration would I need to run Unix? How much RAM to be comfortable (i.e., not just the minimum RAM to run--how much will I need to run well)? How much disk space? 80 MB? 100+ MB? Q: How does the Amiga boot up Amix? This may seem like a strange question, but let me give an example using the Macintosh: The Macintosh first boots up the Mac System/Finder and then runs A/UX (Apple's UNIX) as a MacOS program (albeit a program that takes over the system). This way one can cancel the A/UX start-up and then run MacOS programs (from a different disk partition or from floppies). The advantage is that you get a UNIX workstation and a Mac (even though you essentially have to reboot to get from one to the other--and yes I know that some MacOS programs can be run from A/UX). Will something like this be possible under Amix? What I'm looking for is the advantages of UNIX and the advantages of the Amiga--all in the same hardware platform (I like to ask for the world). (Please do not flame me for using an example that includes a mention of Another Computer.) Q: What will all of this cost? (Even ballpark figures would be helpful). In summary, I am interested in a cheap colour graphics UNIX workstation, I am interested in the Amiga and I am very interested in the X Window System (I am the co-author of _X Window Applications Programming_). Any solution that can combine the three looks peachy from my point of view--especially from the innovative people that put together the Amiga. Thank you for any information, -Eric -- Eric F. Johnson | Phone +1 612-894-0313 | Are we Prime Automation,Inc | UUCP: bungia!pai!erc | having 415 W. Travelers Trail | UUCP: sun!tundra!pai!erc | fun Burnsville, MN 55337 USA | DOMAIN: erc@pai.mn.org | yet?