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From: alex@xios.UUCP (Alex B Laney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore Show News Report
Message-ID: <396@xios.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 12:28:51 EST
Article-I.D.: xios.396
Posted: Wed Mar  4 12:28:51 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 23:45:10 EST
References: <8702240621.AA08747@ingres.Berkeley.EDU> <994@osiris.UUCP> <544@plx.UUCP>
Reply-To: alex@xios.UUCP (Alex B Laney)
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This is obviously someone (a Mush-Dos lover) wanting to start another
FLAMING/war session:

In article <544@plx.UUCP> ed@plx.UUCP writes:

>	a 80386-based UNIX box with a MS-DOS virtual machine
>	capability. This baby could be built for a HELL of
>	a lot less than a 680X0 based system with a 80286
>	coprocessor. Hey Amiga, ever think of attaching your
>	graphics chips to a '386?

Seems to me that an A1000 or A2000 already has the capability to run Unix
and MS-DOS. Why hasn't the MS-DOS market got this yet? Maybe it's not such
a hot product ... Or maybe the intel series isn't up to it yet!
Where is there an MS-DOS product that could handle a 14MHZ 32-bit processor,
and 14MHz DMA and graphics coprocessing? Also, as the 386-based machines are
already over $6000 U.S., I don't see how that is cheaper than an A1000
with Sidecar!

Anyway, UNIX in the business marketplace is very small. There probably has been
more Amigas sold than Unix systems. In the government marketplace Unix may
have a market. A majority of Data Processing Managers in the
business marketplace haven't even HEARD of Unix, much less want/need it for
their computers. Sad, but true! Maybe Commodore should port VM onto the
coprocessor. :-) A micro 370

... Alex