Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!olivea!samsung!usc!jarthur!petunia!csuchico.edu!rodmur From: rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale A. Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: A3000UX Message-ID: <1991Feb25.205414.7432@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 25 Feb 91 20:54:14 GMT References: <1991Feb20.225540.5705@clark.edu> Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 46 In article tbissett@nstar.rn.com (Travis Bissett) writes: >dreuther@clark.edu (Dan Reuther) writes: > >> >> I have a question about the A3000UX. This runs UNIX right? Can anyone >> tell me a little about this machine. Is it a normal A3000 with UNIX, or does >> it have some special features? Does it still have amigaDOS or do you really >> want it? Also do most Amiga hardware expansions work with this setup, such >> as the Bridgeboard. >> Thanks >> Dan Reuther > >Try comp.sys.amiga.unix . . . which supposedly is where all your answers are >to be found, and more (I'm still having trouble getting it). So far, by >aggressive phone calls to CBM folks and some netmail, I've learned that the >A3000/ux is a COMPLETE (i.e. full) implementation of AT&T+Sun Unix system V >release 4.1 with ABI/MC68k (Applications Binary Interface). It includes >X-windows 11 and some Gnu stuff. I mean, the base machine is a 100 MB SCSI >drive and the base configuration comes with 60 to 70 MB of it hogged by >software. Of course there are tons of it oyu can strip off the disk if, for >example, you don't need NFS or X-11 or whatever. The implementation even >includes a nifty virtual screen facility so you can flip to any one of a >dozen new screens for a new login shell. AmigaDOS 2.1 comes on its own >partition which is separately bootable. But, you can't yet directly access >files across partitions, nor run AmigaOS under Unix. Likewise, Unix drivers >to support the Bridgeboards don't seem to be available yet, but are planned. >Bottom line: the present package is darned good (and cheap compared to the >competition) but all the best is yet to come. > I have seen a beta released of this machine, it was demo'ed here. It had 9 MB of RAM, and a 200 MB hard drive, with about everything else you've seen as software in Unix, along with a SCSI port which if for some reason you wanted to add on a gigabyte, you could. It survived a wild fork process pretty well, but if you were in on a remote terminal you couldn't exit. It basically seemed like a really nice machine, free of Mach (yea!). (Yes, that is about all of meaningful stuff I could add) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dale A. Harris Chaotically Yours, rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu __ __ _ , {Internet} / ) / ) ' ) / / / /--/ /--/ /__/ o / ( o / ( o "Honk, if you have seen Elvis or Saddam Hussein's Air Force" bumper sticker