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From: martin@uhccux.UUCP (Brian Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A Few Good Rumors...
Message-ID: <1575@uhccux.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 88 10:44:43 GMT
References: <1406@csib.csi.UUCP>
Reply-To: uhccux!medix!martin (Brian K. Martin, M.D.)
Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu)
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Keywords: A/UX Unix FullWriter

In article <1406@csib.csi.UUCP> jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes:
>From Feb 88 issue of Micro-Mini Systems:
>
>Apple Finally Gets its UNIX act together - All on a disk
>
>Apple Computer Inc, Curpertino Calif., chose the Uniforum show in Dallas this
>month to introduce A/UX, its version of AT&T Co.'s UNIX System V.2
>operating system.  A/UX is designed for Apple's high-end Macintosh II and
>comes preconfigured on either an internal ($4,879) or an external ($5,549)
>80M-byte rigid-disk drive upgrade packge for current users [Ouch! jdw]. ...
>A/UX contains Berkeley UNIX extensions, Network File SYstem, Streams and the
>Macintosh Toolbox, plus functions for automatic booting and recovery.
>That leaves users with 10 M-bytes of free disk space [Ouch again! jdw].
>By preconfiguring the disk, Apple hopes to spare users from hiring UNIX gurus.

I've heard rumors of a 68030 workstation from Apollo priced under $5,000, due
out some time this year. Considering that Apollo supports BSD4.3, System V.3,
X windows, NFS, a sophisticated user interface management system that you can
use to build mac-like interfaces, network computing (an implementation of
course-grained parallel computing using workstations on the network as parallel
processors), and that Apollo supports an AT bus (so that you can add cheap
peripherals) and bundles in your choice of an Ethernet or token ring board,
I wonder if Apple will be forced to drop their Mac II prices. Or would people
be willing to pay a premium just because it's a Macintosh?

    Brian

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