Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!news From: d88-jwa@byse.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Request for Info... Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 07:43:59 GMT References: <1991Jun6.170209.6246@cs.UAlberta.CA> Sender: news@nada.kth.se (Mr News) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 45 In-reply-to: dwelly@saddle-lk.cs.UAlberta.CA's message of 6 Jun 91 17:02:09 GMT > dwelly@saddle-lk.cs.UAlberta.CA (Andrew Dwelly) writes: I managed to see a Mac SE/30 running AUX and was rather surprised at the very low speed of interaction. For example, there was a significant pause involved in opening the bin folder/directory (accompanied with a great That's a worst case - using the finder for Unix filesystems brings in a lot of emulation - and the finder's not very good at large folders even under Mac OS :-) How does the performance of AUX stack up against MacOs on the 2CI's ? Adequate. You get a lot of Unix for a slight performance loss in the Mac OS side. How much disk space is "adequate" for AUX ? As much as you can get (as with any Unix) If you do X windows and some developing, 300megs. I am busy filling 600. Can 3rd party disk drives be used ? Yes. Try APS, good drives at good prices. You'll have to partition them with A/UX, though. Is it possible to run gcc, g++, gnu emacs under AUX ? Yes. Compiled anbd ready (and source) at wuarchive.wustl.edu Are any of the usual Unix (Open look, Motif, X....) GUI's available ? Open Look is Sun specific. Motif is based on X... Yes, X11R4 is in the A/UX 2.01 distribution, with twm. tvtwm is compilable for A/UX, and is needed on small screens :-) To what extent does Apple support AUX users ? I have had _excellent_ response from A/UX software engineering (hi Kristin :-) and there's a month of tollfree telephone support included with the package. -- Jon W{tte h+@nada.kth.se - Speed !