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From: dca@toylnd.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMIX?
Message-ID: <206@toylnd.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 15:32:34 GMT
References: <466@mailrus.cc.umich.edu> <863@gethen.UUCP> <391@brambo.UUCP>
Organization: Dave & Anne in Charlottesville, VA
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Keywords: Amiga AMIX Unix

In article <391@brambo.UUCP>, morgan@brambo.UUCP (Morgan W. Jones) writes:
> In article <863@gethen.UUCP> farren@gethen.UUCP (Michael J. Farren) writes:
> >suggest waiting for C/A's own Unix, since it's already been announced.
> >Might cost you more, but I would think there's a better chance that
> >it'll work right, and do what you want.
> 
> That's what I was planning to do, but hmm...
> 
> 	A2000	$1500
> 	A2620	 2500	(CSA=1000, 551+4M 32bit static=1500)
> 	A2420	  550
> 	A2090A	  350
> 	100M	 1100
> 	U**x	  800
> 		-----
> 		$6800 U.S. = $9000+ Can.
> 
> Unless someone convinces me that I'm VERY wrong, I somehow can't see
> myself getting this!  And it makes me sad because I like the Amiga but
> also feel it necessary to get U**x.

What exactly is your point?  Yes, 68020s are expensive.  Yes, 100
Megabyte disk drives are expensive.  Yes 4M of 32bit static memory is
expensive.  I don't know what the A2420 is.

Probably the cheapest high performance Unix boxes available at present
are 80386 clones.  The hard disk controller is cheaper (probably $200 or so),
the box itself is cheaper (than the 2000+cpu card combo probably $1000 or so).
A configuration like you outlined in a clone box would probably be in the at
least $5k+ range and it just doesn't come any cheaper.  To get much cheaper,
you are going to have to go to lower performance and smaller configurations.
I would expect to pay more for an Amiga based box as they simply don't have
the volume.

In any case, I should hope Unix will run in a smaller configuration than this.
Hey, on the AT&T 7300s it would run on a 1M, 20M machine with about 5M of disk
to spare.

Myself, fortunately I already have a 2000 and a 2090 and will only have to
stare at the sticker on the 2620 and the Unix and decide if they are worth it
to me.

David Albrecht