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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX V2.0 questions
Keywords: A/UX 2.0 MacOS compatability
Message-ID: <39687@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 90 01:17:06 GMT
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dwb@archer.apple.com (David W. Berry) writes:

>>   b) How about MIDI programs, Games, SoftPC, ][ in a Mac?   
>	SoftPC 1.3 runs just fine.  I haven't tried the others.  MIDI
>	programs have a chance of working but I wouldn't give them
>	a real high liklihood since I assme they all go direct to the
>	SCC rather than using the serial manager.


A test for this is the Mac Portable. If a MIDI program runs on the
Portable, there's a chance it'll run on A/UX 2.0. If not, no luck (right
now, I don't think any do. They all play with the hardware directly, which
is also why they don't work on the Portable's serial port circuitry).

>>5) Can Mac or Unix files be placed on either file system (mixed), or must
>>each type reside only on it's own specific file system/partition?
>	Mac files can be placed on any type of file system.

Which is kind of nice. I boot my 2.0 system, which mounts my main mac
partition. double-click on Word or A/UX, and they run. Copy files from A/UX
to the mac partition with the finder -- no more hfx (yay!). We've actually
cloned /usr into a separate partition by copying it across with the finder
and then setting up the mount point. I'm *almost* to the point where I could
simply run A/UX 2.0 full-time and not notice the difference (a few things
don't seem to work yet, like Aldus Freehand 2.0. Why? I dunno yet. I also
haven't tried MS-Mail 2.0, since I have had enough hassle with it under
MacOS). I've had good luck with Word, Excel and Hypercard, for instance.

>>Inquiring minds want to know.
>	Proud minds want to tell...

As someone who's going to have to *support* this thing when it's released,
Dave has something to be proud of. I liked A/UX 1.1. I'm impressed with A/UX
2.0. (and, yes, I work for the company. So what?)

-- 

Chuq Von Rospach   <+>   chuq@apple.com   <+>   [This is myself speaking]

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil -- Shelley