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From: ws7m@ws7m.UUCP (Mark R. Holbrook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: AUX... Should I?
Keywords: AUX, Unix, MAC
Message-ID: <25@ws7m.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 90 05:44:24 GMT
Organization: Independent
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Questions questions...

Ok... I have been a long time user of Unix and Xenix.
I recently was drug kicking and screaming into the
Mac world and hence I have become a part of the cult.
I truly love the machine...  Ok so I went a bit over
board for my first Mac...  IIci, 8MB Ram, 650MB hard
disk, 19" color monitor...  etc etc...  (Well, you
see I got this contract...  ... long story...)

Anyway to the point...  I am wondering if I should
jump into AUX.  I like the mac but I am using an old
386 system as a Xenix mail and news server.  If I
went to AUX would I not have the best of both worlds?

Here are some questions...

If I'm on AUX can I still appletalk share a postscript
printer with another mac on macOS?

How will System 7 integrate and operate with AUX?

How well do mac apps run under AUX?  IE can I run
something like WhiteKnight or Okyto?, Wingz?, MacWrite II?
Think C etc??

What would I gain by having AUX?  Can somebody
summarize those things that they like about it?

I gather I can partition my disk and give say 150MB
to MacOS and remainder say to AUX and then startup
on either one correct?

If in MacOS can I move files to AUX partition?
How about the reverse?

How about devices like scanners (microtek 300Z) can it
and it's DAs be used while under AUX?  I also have a
tape backup.  I hope it would be usable too!

I have a fax modem that has an init... Would it work?
It's an orchid fax...

Anyway if someone could write me a list of the things
they are using AUX for and what it does for them, I
would really appreciate it.  It is a chunk of change
and I want to insure that it's going to do what I want.
A further problem is that NO store that I visit has
AUX running or even on the shelf that I could see.

Is there anybody in the LA, Santa Barbara, San Diego
region that I could visit to see AUX run?

Thanks again for the help... Please email... I'll
summarize back to the net if folks are interested.

Mark R. Holbrook

ws7m!ws7m@hub.ucsb.edu

System Dynamics - WEST
Santa Barbara, CA.