Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!karazm.math.uh.edu!jet From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J Eric Townsend) Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 UX & 2410 Graphics Adapter Message-ID: <1991Jun29.185530.12911@menudo.uh.edu> Sender: usenet@menudo.uh.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Organization: University of Houston -- Department of Mathematics References: <2621@urbana.mcd.mot.com> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1991 18:55:30 GMT In article <2621@urbana.mcd.mot.com> dfields@urbana.mcd.mot.com writes: >>The idea of making everybody buy a tape drive to get UNIX is IMHO crazy. > >The idea of having a unix system with out a reasonable method to do >backups is crazy. Or you plan to by a read/write optical drive? Did I miss something? Has UNIX been unbundled? As to the tape drive, it's a small expense. SunOS 4.1.1 comes on *two* 150 Mb carts. The SunOS CD claims that the entire SunOS distribution takes up: Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/sr3 284914 284916 0 100% /cd_rom/sunos Yep, those two tapes are almost full. If SunOS 4.1.1 came on Amiga floppies, it would take: 284916/880 = ~323 floppies. Two 3M tapes cost me $50. 323 Sony floppies cost me ~$300. Ick. Now compare that to a $600-700 peripheral. I dunno what CBM charges, but you shouldn't have to use their tape drive. (Unless UNIX is bundled with the tape drive!) -- J. Eric Townsend - jet@uh.edu - bitnet: jet@UHOU - vox: (713) 749-2126 Systems Wrangler, University of Houston Department of Mathematics Skate UNIX! (curb fault: skater dumped) PowerGlove mailing list: glove-list-request@karazm.math.uh.edu