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From: erc@Apple.COM (Ed Carp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: A/UX Questions
Message-ID: <13510@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 May 91 22:16:15 GMT
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In article <1991May14.045203.1981@news.stolaf.edu> smithc@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Christopher Smith) writes:

>I know A/UX is a UNIX environment for the Mac, but I'm not real
>familiar with how it works.  Does it allow you to run Macintosh-
>environment programs in a UNIX environment, sort of like running NeXT
>applications in a UNIX environment?  What kind of hartware

YES!!  That's one of the best things about A/UX!

>modifications, if any, are required to run it?  What processor type,

No hardware mods required.  I don't think it'll run on anything other than
a 68030, though...:(

>how much RAM, and how much disk space are required to run a single-
>user, isolated (ie. no connections to the outside world) workstation?

I'm running A/UX with 4MB memory, and response has been excellent.

>Are there any serious problems with A/UX that people have encountered?

I've been really surprised that A/UX is this stable ... it's 2.0 (or, that's
what I'm using).  Before doing business with Apple, I thought of a Mac as
being something graphics artists and kids used; for *real work* you went out
and got an IBM/clone.  A/UX has really changed my mind.  With A/UX, I can
do almost anything I can do with my 80386 box at home (and a bit more!).
With SoftPC (which I admittedly don't have) I can run DOS, too.

I'm seriously considering switching from XENIX to A/UX.  Now, if they would
just get the hardware down to something a PC owner could afford...:)

>And I would GREATLY appreciate any feedback based on personal
>experience or technical knowledge that anyone can offer!!!

I use A/UIX every day I'm at Apple (about 3 days/week).  I've ported lots
of code to it (most of it XENIX code).
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