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From: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A3000UX at UniForum?
Message-ID: <18532@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 15:12:12 GMT
References: <4644@mindlink.UUCP> <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Reply-To: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Feb1.160317.27931@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@eecae.uucp (Danny Griffin) writes:
>Harvey_Taylor@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor) writes:
>
>
>>    So, UniForum was Jan.22-24 & I haven't heard a word about
>> the A3000UX being released. I guess that was just another rumour...
>>    Anybody go to UniForum?
>>    -harvey
>
>There was an announcement on BIX I believe, and it went something like this:
>
>TITLE:  Amiga UNIX Box Now Available, Commodore Says
>
>Commodore's Amiga 3000UX UNIX workstation is finally available, the company
>has announced. The Amiga 3000UX runs AT&T's UNIX System V Release 4 and is
>based around a standard Amiga 3000 with a 68030 processor running at 16
>MHz. The 3000UX also runs X Window and Open Look on top of System V.
>
>Commodore will offer 2 models of the machine. The 3000UX-B, which retails
>for $5499, comes with 4 MB of fast RAM and a 100- MB hard drive. THe
>3000UX-D, priced at $6999, comes with 8 MB of fast RAM and a 200-MB hard
>drive. They can be expanded to hold up to 18 MB of RAM on the motherboard.
>Both models have an Ethernet board, UNIX system software, mouse, and a
>single 3.5- inch floppy drive that Commodore describes as "multiformat."
>
>The systems also ship with Commodore's AmigaDOS operating system so that
>they can also function as standard Amiga 3000 computers. The systems
>support NFS and TCP/IP and are designed to operate very much as standard
>UNIX workstations.
>
>	    --- Owen Linderholm
>
>
>
>    Contact: Commodore Business Machines, 1200 Wilson Dr, West
>    Chester, PA 19380; (215) 431-9100; fax (215) 431-9156
>
>    (I love snap)
>
>
>--
>Dan Griffin
>griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu

Close, except that the machine is 25Mhz.  

Regards,
Scott Hood

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