Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!pikes!mercury.cair.du.edu!isis!bscott From: bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: UNIX sys V4.0 Summary: Questions you want, questions I got Message-ID: <1990Oct19.092925.4876@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 19 Oct 90 09:29:25 GMT References: <15224@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: bscott@isis.UUCP (Ben Scott) Organization: The Raster Image Lines: 47 In article <15224@cbmvax.commodore.com> ag@cbmvax.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski) writes: >In article kherron@ms.uky.edu >(Kenneth Herron) writes: >>What little information Commodore has released about their port > >The port is out. Ask questions about it and you will get answers. OK - how much will it cost? I know, I know, marketing question... (here's a thought - get someone from marketing on the net who can answer questions like that!!) But all I really want is an order of magnitude. I mean, knowing Unix it could be real expensive and knowing Commodore it could be real cheap. So... are we talking $100? $500? $1500? $2500? I won't hold you to an exact number if you'll just give us a general idea. I'm curious as heck about it. And a technical question: How will it be distributed? Obviously the 3000UX will come with it installed on the HD, but assuming it will also be offered separately, how will it be shipped? Floppies are probably out of the question, but not a lot of people have tape drives... unless C= is planning to make one? >This is true. Commodore's Amiga UX will have everything AT&T's System >V Release 4.0 unix has minus some bugs. I'll just bet! Plus the ability to run on an Amiga, which to me is a great feature by itself. Would someone please give me a little information on what "ABI compliant" means? I've heard this phrase, and the context leads me to believe that there is some binary-executable standard for 68K Unix machines. So what is ABI, and is it new, and how many other 68K series Unix machines will support it, and all that? Someone on a local board does not think such a standard exists except for 88K series machines, and to be honest all I can report is what I've heard here which is not enough. Anyway, even though I am not much of a Unix guru I'm very interested in Amiga Unix (and there are people still calling it Amix! Commodore pays license fees probably in the hundreds of thousands to be able to spell it properly unlike certain other companies and people still call it Amix...). . <<<>>> -- |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |FIDO point address 1:104/421.2, bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu, or BBS (303)424-9831 | |"Quantum Mechanics: The dreams that || The Raster Image IS responsible for| | stuff is made of..." - Michael Sinz || everything I say! ** Amiga Power**|