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From: vzv@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Lance Jones)
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Subject: Re: AMIX and the A2500/A3000
Keywords: AMIX unix Amiga
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Date: 19 Sep 90 05:38:48 GMT
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Of course I don't have any direct association with Commodore, but I can say
with confidence that at least part of that rumor is false.  In the past few
days I read a brochure from Commodore which gave "the final word" from
Irving Gould himself.

In the brochure he acknowledged the fact that Unix on the Amiga has been
a very poorly kept secret (surprise! surprise! surprise!) and then went on
to mention the features that we have always taken for granted will be in
there (full SysVr4 w/ABI, multiple windowing interfaces, etc...).  Most
importantly though, he stated clearly that the platform that Unix would be
avaible on was the A3000.  This should immediately put to rest the part of
the rumor about 'another machine'.  The article didn't specifically mention
the 2500/{20|30}.

Two things noticeably missing from the article:  any reference to 'Amix'
and any mention of a release date.

Any comments from the Commodore folks on the net are most welcome.

	-Lance

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