Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!hollie.rdg.dec.com!news From: krauss@mansw1.enet.dec.com (Michael Krauss) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: Buying amiga unix software Message-ID: <1991Mar28.105201.19862@hollie.rdg.dec.com> Date: 28 Mar 91 10:52:01 GMT References: <39716@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@hollie.rdg.dec.com (Mr News) Reply-To: decwrl!mansw1.enet!krauss Organization: Digital Equipement GmbH Lines: 35 In article <39716@cup.portal.com>, Outsider@cup.portal.com (carl f hoffman) writes: >> >> Well, Amiga Unix sounds great. It sounds like the best thing since sliced >> bread. So when can I buy the software??? I already have an A3000. Can I >> just buy a 1/4" tape drive and start loading the distribution? I have called >> some folks at CBM but I haven't heard from them since my initial inquiry. I >> hope this doesn't mean that there will be no software release... >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Steve Giovannetti (steve@learning.siemens.com) >> >> "Enita non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem!" >> William of Occam >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >I am in the same situations as Steve. How can I get UNIX SVR4 for my >amiga 3000? > >Carl Hoffman > -- i was at the CeBIT show in hannover. a C= salesperson told me, that the unix software will be released on a 200mb quantum drive ready to plug in a3000 and play. software plus drive will cost about 3500,-DM (don't know the current US$ exchange-rate). he didn't know, if there will be a 1/4" tape with the software. the drive version should be available in 6-8 weeks. ============================================================================== Michael Krauss #include DEC Mannheim, Germany "AMIGA or VAX, nothing else please !" "krauss@mansw1.enet.dec.com" or "...!decwrl!mansw1.enet!krauss"