Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!sarah!cs.albany.edu!hammond From: hammond@cs.albany.edu (William F Hammond) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 UX & 2410 Graphics Adapter Summary: tape drives are also for backing up Message-ID: <373@karp.albany.edu> Date: 29 Jun 91 20:02:00 GMT References: <2307@tekig7.MAP.TEK.COM> Reply-To: hammond@karp.albany.edu.UUCP (William F Hammond) Organization: Dept of Math & Stat, SUNYA, Albany, NY Lines: 25 In article uunet!srg!titania!doconnor writes: > ... >The other option would be to let authorized dealers install UNIX off tape >onto customer systems. This will probably happen anyway : I buy UNIX from >my dealer, bring in my system, he hooks up his tape drive and tally ho ! >The idea of making everybody buy a tape drive to get UNIX is IMHO crazy. >-- >Dennis O'Connor, uunet!srg!titania!doconnor It would be good if there were a practical way for those who do not want to have tape drives to be able to have UNIX on 3000's. It is reasonable to expect that there will be periodic updates of the UNIX software, however. Moreover, for most systems tape will probably offer the most practical way of backing up user and local files. Thus, the investment in a tape drive does not need to be viewed as solely for the purpose of enabling the installation and updating of UNIX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- William F. Hammond Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics 518-442-4625 SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222 hammond@leah.albany.edu wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet ----------------------------------------------------------------------