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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000UX competition
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Date: 3 Dec 90 22:09:01 GMT
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cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) in <14660@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> writes:

>Other than a few postings here to the net re: pricing and anticipated delivery
,
>Commodore does NOT have a commercially-available SVR4 system.
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>There are several other vendors who DO (have commercially available SVR4 ports
)
>
!OK.  Once and for all, tell me...
!
!BYTE, Dec. 1990, pg. 136:  "Although many UNIX licensees are
!well along in completing this task  [of porting the new UNIX
!source codes to their machines], it appears that Commodore will
!be the first to complete it."
!
!This supports the conventional wisdom that CBM is first  (or
!nearly first)  in SVR4 Unix release.  How does this jibe with
!the availability of Intel Unix SVR4 systems that you mention
!above?  Am I missing something?  Are these SVR4's released?
!What is BYTE referring to?

It appears that CBM will be the FIRST to market a 680x0-based SVR4 UNIX; as
I've said for quite some time, the CBM offering has been demo'd in AT&T
booths at UNIX tradeshows for some time.

However, two months ago during the Silicon Valley AT&T UNIX Users' Group
meeting, I invited Tyan Computer Corp. (612 N. Mary Avenue; Sunnyvale CA;
408/720-1200) to show their '486 SVR4 box with X11R4, and they brought two
machines: a 25 MHz '386 and a 25 MHz '486 both running SVR4 and X11R4 in
full color.  Very Impressive.  And they also supplied the "door prizes" for
that evening which included a COMPLETE set of SVR4 docs.  The reason I invited
Tyan was due to their ads in the San Jose Mercury News SELLING these systems,
today.

Since then, I've received email from several other vendors whose '486 SVR4
ports are already available for sale as of August and September 1990.

And I'm personally aware of at least one other vendor presently "doing" an
SVR4 port for a 68040-platform (they demo'd an SVR3.2 version of their
68040-based hardware at the same AT&T Users' Group meeting two months ago).

Again, CBM's system will "probably" be the first commercially available SVR4
on a 680x0-based platform, but NOT the first SVR4 "out there".

I cannot speak for BYTE, and I dropped my subscription years ago due to their
editorial prejudices.  And until CBM officially releases their SVR4 I'm sure
you won't see it available at your local Amiga dealer.

As of TODAY, Monday, 3-Dec-1990, there are NO commercially-available SVR4
ports on a 680x0-based platform; there ARE some beta-version and "developer"
systems from, among others, CBM.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]