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From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX(R) *rumor* ...
Message-ID: <1801@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>
Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 11:46:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 11:46:48 1987
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) wrote:
>Pete Jordan posted this interesting tidbit
> UNIX will be available for sale 1st qtr 1988.  The system will default
> to the UNIX System V and you will have to lean on the right mouse button
> in order to boot up as Amigados.

Hmmm.. I heard (from a fairly reliable source) that the Amiga's UNIX
package will run as an Amiga task/library/window, like MS-DOS does on
Janus.  I also heard (from a different fairly reliable source) that
the Amiga's UNIX will not use ANY of the Amiga Kernel, and will only
take advantage of the co-processors to do fast text ... no windows, no
graphics, no sound, etc.  Essentially UNIX on a 68020, that happens to
have the word AMIGA stamped on the cover of the box.

I hope it's the first case, but we'll see.  Both 'informants' were
people-who-should-know within CBM.

> Rick also said there were some other extremely exciting things coming
> from CBM for the Amiga, but he was not at liberty to divulge them.

Want some wild speculation?  What does the Amiga need right now?

	- Hard disk boot support (KS 1.2.1 ?)
	- A faster file system   (KS 1.2.1 ?)
	- A scan-doubler  (in the works from third parties, CBM too?)
	- 1MB chip mem (add on to A500 and x2000 in the near future)
	- Streaming tape backup, SCSI and/or ST506
	- Higher resolution (like 1024x800, being worked on by 3rd parties)
	- A laser printer (CBM announced plans for it a long time ago)
	- An NTSC digitizer (Unless they're depending on 3rd parties)
	- Native 68020 support for all models
	- Faster CPU/Coprocessor/Memory speeds
	- Other-computer emulators (Mac, ST)
	- More 'name' software titles

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.   page@ulowell.{uucp,edu,csnet}