Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!news From: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU (USENET News System) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 3000UX first impressions Message-ID: <5637@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Date: 23 Jan 91 23:15:29 GMT References: <5187@auspex.auspex.com> <1991Jan14.071758.278 Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 32 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Keywords: Amiga unix 3000UX From: jwithana@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Janaka Withana) Path: phoenix!jwithana In article <1991Jan14.071758.27853@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.colum ia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >In article brett@visix.com (Brett Bourbin) writes: >>It was my understanding that the A3000UX was still under beta-testing and >>that we, the beta-testers and software development companies, could not >>make public comments about it. >> >>Is this no longer true? > > It has been available to all students, as well as >developers, for appr. 1 1/2 months. It has been described in many >ways, simply not officially announced. You are free to talk about >what it is in it NOW. >> IS it available to students? I spoke to software hut in Philadelphia and they said that Commodore was still deciding whether to have educational pricing on it. Since UNIX is so widespread on campuses, it would be silly not to make the discounts available to students.... I am a full-time undergraduate and I WANT a A3000UX --Janaka Withana jwithana@phoenix.princeton.edu "life is mostly fun, the rest is bullshit"