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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX 2.0 Great ... But who can afford it ?
Message-ID: <10312@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 22 Mar 90 23:24:37 GMT
References: <2629@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <5363@paperboy.OSF.ORG>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <5363@paperboy.OSF.ORG> mbrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) writes:
>In article <2629@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>, sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca

>> 	2) The PRICE [of A/UX].  I have here the University price (CAD$) :
>> 		TOTAL		       $1713

>> 	   What kind of cost is that ?  For $2500 I can get myself an
>> 	   Apollo DN2500 WITH UNIX (4.3 and SY5.3) AND C/Pascal etc.

>Sure. Compare a diskless workstation (with a smaller processor) to a machine
>(fully expandable) that runs two OSs.

The Apollo can run either UNIX or Aegis; that's two OSs.  Maybe not the two
you're after, but two.  If you get the Version 10 DomainOS, you get your
choice of Aegis or UNIX on a per-user basis.

The 20MHz(?) 68030 in the DN2500 is the same size as the 16.667MHz 68030 in
the Mac IIx, the 25.000MHz 68030 in the Mac IIci, and the 40.000MHz 68030 
in the Mac IIfx.  Well, the IIfx CPU is probably bigger, I don't think they
have 40MHz parts in surface mount yet.  You won't get a significantly
bigger processor in your machine until you get a 68040 system.

			:-), of course.

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