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From: tdesjardins@lion.uwaterloo.ca (Tim Desjardins)
Subject: Re: Va. Tech Picks up 3000
Message-ID: <1990Aug10.164807.13595@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 90 16:48:07 GMT
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In article <2220@alpine.UUCP> mahler@alpine.UUCP (Aaron Mahler) writes:
>
>  Not sure if this has already been mentioned but Virginia Tech (VPI) 
>has chosen the Amiga 3000 as their official machine. I'm not sure if this
>encompasses all areas of study, etc., but I know several people going to
>Tech who are already promised 25-MHz 3000's in their dorm rooms. I've also
>heard that this is greatly due to UNIX - does this mean that UNIX will be
>available by the beginning of the regular college semester or what?

 I beleive all students enrolled in CS at Virginia Tech have to buy 3000s
 running UNIX, at what must be greatly reduced prices. Commodore
 has suposedly shipped the first batch of 3000's already to Virginia.
 Which according Dr. Reubhan ( I'm terrible with names ) means that 
 3000s with UNIX have been released, eventhough SYS Vr4 is still in Beta.
 Along with the U of Lowell graphics board I was very impressed by the
 overall speed that this combination provided.

> soapbox removed. <

 I believe this to be true to the best of my knowledge, I picked this
information up at a demonstration of the 3000 and UNIX here at UofW.

--
Tim Desjardins.                       tdesjardins@lion.waterloo.{edu|CA}
"It's better to regret something you have done, then to regret something
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