Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:69162 alt.sys.sun:1692 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,alt.sys.sun Subject: Re: Commodore to take over Sun's 680x0 and 386 lines? Message-ID: <8108@gollum.twg.com> Date: 17 Oct 90 20:45:00 GMT References: <1990Oct16.210223.11883@lavaca.uh.edu> <1358@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 55 In article <1358@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >> Stretching the bounds of *any* reality, I've heard that Commodore >> and Sun will in November announce that Commodore will take over Sun's >> Intel and Motorola workstation lines. I'm still not sure I believe >> this, but the idea is that Sun doesn't want the support burden, >> while Commodore is desperate to get into the Unix market. > >I find this a bit curious since Commodore already has a Unix system >that they're selling; the Amiga 3000. Not only that, but it's supposedly >the first box in the market *shipping* with System V Release 4 too. >(and they didn't even announce it to the press *or* their customers!) I don't find this too wildly strange ... Sun has been edging towards doing away with its 680x0 line for quite some time. But they have all those customers out there with Sun3's who'll want support. Soooo... Oh, and there's this Sun 386i I'm typing this on .. sigh. As for Commodore not talking about the A3000/UX system -- well, they have been talking about it but probably not very loudly. They have been demonstrating it at trade shows for at {least,almost} a year. And they are shipping to customers, though it's a beta version that's shipping to selected customers .. The base SysVr4 isn't even out of beta test yet -- how could Commodore be shipping to the general public? Commodore is apparently a bit nervous about selling a Unix system through their normal dealers. Perhaps taking over Sun's 680x0 work would give them access to dealer channels more able to deal with Unix? >Curiouser and curiouser -- does anyone know what kind of CPU chip is >to be found inside the Amiga 3000? 25 MHz 68030 with custom support chips that do all the fancy screen modes & voice output one would expect from a Multi Media Computer. There's also a slot sitting there on the mother board just waiting for 68040's to come on market -- with 3rd party board vendors with designs being designed ... > -- Dave Taylor >Intuitive Systems >Mountain View, California > >taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylor -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Remember: On System V it's "tar xovf", not "tar xvf"!