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From: rick@Apple.COM (Rick Auricchio)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX Release 2.0
Keywords: A/UX
Message-ID: <39688@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 90 01:57:54 GMT
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In article <1990Mar20.181959.16435@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
>Why not SVR4?
	Since we've been working on this for over a year, it would've
	been tough to find a V.4 tape, yes?
>
>Does the A/UX kernel finally support the Berkeley FFS, and/or the
>#!/usr/bin/whatever convention? Or ar these still the "almost" in the above
>"almost anything"?
    Yes, and yes.
>
>Oh yes, I'd also like to have TIOCCONS instead of /dev/osm, please.
    Oh, well.  Not yet.
>(Ever had "tail -f /dev/osm" cause a kernel bus error?)
    No.

>Is there a decent Mac-like text editor? Or the functional equivalent to the
>MPW Shell? (Long list of superb MPW shell features, sadly missing from Unix,
>omitted.)
	Yes, adapted from MPW.  Called "textedit".

>But can you run the Sun binaries on A/UX, and/or vice versa?
>(The answer is a very obvious "no", right?)
	You're right there.  But you already know that wasn't a *real*
	question, right?  Not much binary compatibility among systems.

>product. It is (good, I mean), but it could be better. What couldn't?
	True.  I expect to be working for a long time perfecting it.
	The more we add, the more we understand needs a bit of polish
	here and there.  But 2.0 has to ship, so many of us reluctantly
	have to forego a bit of polish in favor of getting it to everyone.
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