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From: jww@sdcsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II (really A/UX)
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Date: Sat, 21-Mar-87 12:10:12 EST
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With their announcement of the new Mac II, Apple provided some 
information about A/UX, their new UNIX offering.  This is what 
I've found so far from various sources.  (The actual features
of A/UX have been suggested by dwb@well, but I have no info.)

			Hardware
Macintosh II: 16 MHz 68020 and 68881 standard (claimed 2 
mips).  1Mb expandable via SIMM's to 8mb on motherboard, full 
4Gb address space available off-board.

6 NuBus (PC form factor) slots, two built-in RS422 ports, two 
built-in SCSI ports.  One 800K 3.5" floppy.  Optional 40Mb and 
80mb (both 30ms seek) internal hard disks available.

Apple's video: 640x480 square pixels; monochrome,
color: 4 bits (16 of 2^24 colors) or 8 bits (256 of 2^24).
Third-party video cards and monitors available.
SuperMac Technologies has a 1024x768x8 bits (256 colors)
video board.

Minimum configuration for A/UX: Macintosh II with 1 Mb, 40Mb 
hard disk, optional MC68851 coprocessor.  Recommended 
configuration: 5 Mb, 80Mb hard disk.

			Software
System V, Version 2 Release 2 compatible.  Conforms to SVID 
and already validated.

sh, csh, ksh; Some BSD enhancements (?)
Full NFS.  Ethernet card available.

C, Fortran and other languages available from Green Hills.

UniSoft Systems has supposedly finished the port.
'Some' access to the Macintosh Toolbox.  My guess is that this
is what's holding it back, or the availability of the 68851.

			Prices

	Macintosh II, standard keyboard, 40mb internal	$5,498
	Macintosh II, standard keyboard, 80mb internal	$6,468

Display, choose one:
	Apple 640x480, 12" mono				$  898
	Apple 640x480, 13" 16 colors			$1,498

	SuperMac 1024x768, 19" mono			$1,990
	SuperMac 1024x768, 19" color			$4,490
	(other third-party available, but I don't have prices)

Options
	Upgrade Apple video to 256 colors/gray scales	$  149
	Apple EtherTalk Card				$  899
	Apple 40mb cartridge tape			$1,499
	Upgrade from 1mb to 5mb				$1,998
	Motorola MC68851				     ?
	A/UX						     ?
-- 
	Joel West
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