Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari.oz.au!murdu!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!wehi!baxter_a From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: UNIX sys V4.0 Message-ID: <14580@wehi.dn.mu.oz> Date: 20 Oct 90 17:35:57 GMT References: <6956@uwm.edu> Organization: Walter & Eliza Hall Institute Lines: 94 In article , kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes: > joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: > >>I heard that Amiga UNIX will have lots of neato BSD type stuff. One that >>I (a friend actually) REALLY needs is BSD type sockets. (This makes MUDs, >>Dnet, etc. lots easier) > >>-Joseph Hillenburg > > Ahem. > > SysV 4.0 is OUT and AVAILABLE. Here at UK we have a lab full of 80386 > systems running it. There are a bunch of unix-specific newsgroups and > some of the discussion is about 4.0. If you or anyone have any questions > about what it has or doesn't have, you can get real, hard answers from > these groups. > > What little information Commodore has released about their port indicates > that if it's true for AT&T sysv 4.0, then it's true for Commodore Sysv 4.0. > Given this, I see no reason for this group to be cluttered with generic > sysv 4.0 questions. > Hey you guys! SysV 4.0 is out and available _HERE_. Why not in the USA? See reproduction of a fax below: Regards Alan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM : Mary-Louise Parkison (General Manager, Sales) AN INVITATION TO ATTEND A UNIX WORKSTATION DEMONSTRATION Commodore recently released the Amiga 3000 workstation running the new AT&T Unix version 5.4 Demonstrations and open discussion dessions are being held in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide during October/November. The following sessions are planned in October for Melbourne and Adelaide. Key features of the Amiga 3000 as a Unix workstation: o 68030 architecture o 100M Hard Disk o 4MB RAM (expandable to 32MB +) o Ethernet o TCPIP o NFS & RFS o XWindows o AT&T V5.4 o LOW COST o Hight resolution colour graphics o Multi Operating systems (Amiga DOS, MS-DOS and Unix) If you are interested in attending one of these sessions please RSVP to Maria on (02) 428 7777 (Commodore Sydney). MELBOURNE Open to all Melbourne Universities - key Unix and Workstation evaluation people suggested should attend. Particularly if looking at, or currently using, SUN, Apollo, MIPS or Macintosh Unix systems. VENUE: MicroHelp 186 Lygon Street BRUNSWICK EAST Tel 388 1311 Contact Jennifer Freeman DATE: Friday 19th October, 1990 2.30 pm start Sessions to run for at least 1 hour Refreshments to be provided ADELAIDE: VENUE: Lodin 10 William Street NORWOOD Tel 332 5007 Contact Chris Dillon DATE: Wednesday 24th October, 1990 2.30 pm start Session to run for at least 1 hour Refreshments to be provided ------------------------ End of Fax ------------------------ Ian Farquhar Phone : 61 2 805-9403 Office of Computing Services Fax : 61 2 805-7433 Macquarie University NSW 2109 Also : 61 2 805-7205 Australia EMail : ifarqhar@suna.mqcc.mq.oz.au