Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!mrcnext!heal From: heal@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (Loren E. Heal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: Ami 3000UX and 500 Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 91 02:18:51 GMT References: <746@hartmanis.albany.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 27 gallo@cs.albany.edu (Andrew Gallo) writes: >... >little to spend for it). I'm also thinking of buying a low-end Ami for >... >does the UX come with AmiDOS as well? >... The 3000UX runs either AT&T SVR4 Unix or AmigaDos (1.3 or 2.0). You decide at boot time which 'un you want. I understand (from sources close to my CBM marketing rep :-) than CBM is working on a keyboad toggle to switch between the two on the fly. > Also, does anyone have experience connecting a UX to an MS-DOS PC? >I already have an antiquated XT clone with tons of software. I thought it >might be nice to network it to the UX. What is the best and most economical >method? Ethernet thinwire? Null modem? It's complicated but not impenetrable to connect a PC (either MSDOS or Amiga or any other machine with a "standard" RS-232 port) to a 3000UX. The process was new to me; my other machines run BSD, not this work-alike (big grin, flames >/dev/null, etc.). It's documented in the man pages; look under sacadm and pmadm, as well as /etc/ttydefs, ttymon. My machine is getting a ROM upgrade right now, or I'd be more specific. -- Loren E. Heal : heal@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu, (UUCP)!uiucuxc!m.c.u.e!heal