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From: barnett@vdsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX availability?
Message-ID: <1519@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-May-87 12:08:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: vdsvax.1519
Posted: Tue May 19 12:08:15 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 21-May-87 05:44:57 EDT
References: <538@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: barnett@ge-crd.arpa  (Bruce G Barnett)
Organization: Wizards of the World, United!
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Summary: Costs 13,000 big ones.

In article <538@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> olsen@LL-XN.UUCP (Jim Olsen) writes:
>Does anyone have price/delivery information on A/UX yet?

I heard a rumor that it was ~$1000, and required the Scuzzy tape.

If true, then a Mac II with A/UX in a decent configuration
would cost ~$13,000

	What	$$$	Notes
	-------	----	-----
	Mac II	3769	
	+2M	 999
	+2M	 999	5 Meg is recommended
	+80M HD	2699	80M disk is recommended
	+Tape	1499
	+video	 499
	+Xkbd	 229	Might as well get the big keyboard
	+HR-RGB	 999	And color
	+MMU     500 (?)
	+A/UX	1000 (?)
	----------------------
	Total	13192	Without the Video expansion and ethernet.

At this price - it will be a long time before I can afford a Mac II
for a home UN*X machine. 

I also wonder how effective they will be competing against the
"Big Boys" e.g. Sun. 

Anyone want to place bets on the relative speed of File I/O of a 
Mac II vs. a Sun? 

Anyone have any benchmarks?



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