Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!usc!ucsd!ogccse!blake!ramsiri From: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TT vs 386 boxes and Apple Message-ID: <4145@blake.acs.washington.edu> Date: 21 Oct 89 16:57:39 GMT References: <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <1035@cc.helsinki.fi> Reply-To: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 27 In article <1035@cc.helsinki.fi> JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Varsinainen sikapossu kuoli t{n{{n.) writes: >In article <28320@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Whitney) writes: >> > >a MAC with a ST faster than a real MAC. I hope (and believe) that the TT >will be the first truly affordable machine for Unix-usage. > >difficult to make a computer that is as good but many times cheaper! >on this planet.... > > Jouni I originally simply posted an ad I saw for a 25Mhz 386 box, 8 expansion slots, VGA color high res monitor and card, 60 meg 1:1 hard drive, floppy, keyboard, 1meg RAM for $1995.00 ... and correct me if I am wrong, there are several flavors of UNIX to choose from that should indeed run on this machine. I don't understand why people such as Jouni say: " first truly affordable machine for Unix-usage; ... as good but MANY TIMES cheaper..". Does Jouni know something that I don't know? Has ATARI announced a price for the TT? Is it MANY TIMES cheaper than $1995.00 ? WIll ATARI support their Unix SYS V as well as they have supported TOS? Hmm...I guess only ATARI can tell us for sure, and since their lips are sealed, it's hard to read them.... -kevin ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu