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From: wilkes@beatnix.UUCP (John Wilkes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX(R) *rumor* ...
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Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 16:44:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 16:44:28 1987
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Keywords: Take it for what it's worth

In article <15626@amdahl.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>
>Pete Jordan posted this interesting tidbit
> 
>> UNIX System V on the A2000
>>
>> The CBM MMU for the A2000 (with 68020) is way beyond first silicon;
>> is fully operational, UNIX System V now runs on the A2000 using the
>> 68020 and the CBM MMU.  A demo will be given at Comdex this fall, and
>> 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.

Gee, does this mean I should return that 3B1 I just bought at the AT&T fire
sale?  67M hard disk, 2M ram, UNIX sysV, etc., for $2K...  Nah, I'll
keep the stuff.  After all, ``1st qtr 1988'' may not come around for another
12 to 18 months (-: remember the Sidecar? :-)

>Now, what I wanna know is ... what do I have to do to get BSD 4.x instead
>of SysV, and it's braindamaged 14-character filename limit?

Me, too!  It's not available for the AT&T thingie, I've already checked.
Are you listening, C=??  4.2 > V !!

don't
you
just
love
the
new
inews?
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