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From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp)
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Subject: Re: amiga unix prices
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Date: 11 May 91 08:05:27 GMT
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In article <1500@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
>Is the Unix available seperatly yet?  

No, but it will be available soon.

>Are there plans to make it so?

See above.  :)

>I can probably affort the $1800 for the power up program, but it would
>be a lot easier to rationalize the extra $400 for the faster model if
>I knew there is the possibility of getting Unix in the future...

That would be a good idea.  You'll appreciate the extra horsepower under
Unix possibly even more than under AmigaDOS.  Of course, if you plan to buy
an 040 and you want to take the chance that there won't be a way to use the
030 and 040 at the same time in the future (the odds are in your favor (: ),
get the 16Mhz version.  You'll save $400 now, but the 040 board will likely
cost you $1000.  

I'm biased because I use SparcStation 1+'s, but I doubt I could stand to
use Unix on a 16Mhz 030...

Greg
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       Greg Harp       |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV,
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