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From: gustav@swanee.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A/UX availability?
Message-ID: <326@swanee.OZ>
Date: Fri, 22-May-87 09:54:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: swanee.326
Posted: Fri May 22 09:54:49 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 27-May-87 02:02:08 EDT
References: <538@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <1519@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>
Organization: El. & El. Eng., Uni. of Western Australia
Lines: 29
Summary: It can be a bit cheaper

In article <1519@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>, barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett) writes:
> 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:
> 	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 (?)

5 Meg may be recommended, but is it indeed necessary? We used to run
4.2BSD on VAX11/750 with 2 Meg only and 30 users (at times). Not that
you could do anything serious, but at least you could log in (on a
good day). So, I believe that you could run it quite well with just
2 Meg. Also, I think that you should be able to use 40 Meg disk too. 
After all it is possible to run Xenix even on 20 Meg disks. Then, if
you cut down on colour, the big keyboard, tape (is it indeed
absolutely necessary?) and become a strict vegetarian you may be just
able to make it. Have faith. Apple brought computers to our homes, now
is the time for them to bring UNIX. (Or is NEXT going to be the
FIRST?)

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