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From: dittman@skitzo.csc.ti.com (Eric Dittman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX on new 030 notebooks?
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.093641.13@skitzo.csc.ti.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 14:36:41 GMT
References: <64631@bbn.BBN.COM> <3388@redstar.dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
Organization: Texas Instruments Component Test Facility
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In article <3388@redstar.dcs.qmw.ac.uk>, liam@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts;) writes:
> In <64631@bbn.BBN.COM> jjd@bbn.com (James J Dempsey) writes:
> 
>>If Apple were to introduce a 68030 based portable, assuming one
>>had a sufficiently large disk (perhaps external), would it be safe for
>>one to assume that A/UX would most likely run on such a computer?
> 
> It will be illuminating to find out, won't it...
> Looking at the recent record of Apple CPUs, software and peripherals, it seems 
> that A/UX wasn't important enough to bother supporting it on the existing Mac 
> portable, or on the LC, it wasn't important enough to alpha test HyperCard 2.0 
> with, it wasn't important enough to bother having the Personal LaserWriter 
> work with it (alas, SCSI problems).

The reason A/UX isn't supported on the existing Mac Portable is the Portable
only has a 68000, and you need a 68020+68851, 68030, or 68040 to run A/UX.
If Apple does bring out a 68030 portable, I'd really like to see A/UX supported
on it.
-- 
Eric Dittman
Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility
dittman@skitzo.csc.ti.com
dittman@skbat.csc.ti.com

Disclaimer:  I don't speak for Texas Instruments or the Component Test
             Facility.  I don't even speak for myself.