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Subject: Re: amiga 2500UX
Summary: Amazing what things they put in print
Keywords: amiga-unix amix 2500UX
Message-ID: <827@afit-ab.arpa>
Date: 20 Jan 89 02:02:56 GMT
References: <974@cc-krs.UUCP> <11280@swan.ulowell.edu> <15088@cisunx.UUCP>
Reply-To: mhuson@galaxy-43.UUCP (Mark L. Huson)
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology; WPAFB, OH
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Both Amiga World (Feb 89) and The Amiga Sentry (Jan 89) offered their own
tidbits about the 2500UX.  The following is quoted without permission:

Amiga World page 10.

  The Amiga 2500 UX, which runs UNIX System V, Release 3.1 (called AMIX
  on the Amiga) adds two mega-bytes of 32-bit memory and a 150MB 
  streaming-tape backup unit to the A2500, and replaces the 40MB drive 
  with a high-speed 80MB drive.  The system software includes 
  text-processing utilities and software development tools.

The A2500 is described elsewhere on the page.


The Amiga Sentry page 4.

  The A2500 begins withe the 2000-HD and adds the A2620 co-processor
  card to create a 68020 based Amiga.  The 2620 is equiped with a 
  16MHz 68020 running at 14.3MHz, 2 Megabytes of 32 bit RAM, a
  M68881 math co-processor, and a 68851 memory management unit (MMU).
  The 2 Meg 32bit memory is, of course, in addition to the 1 meg of
  16 bit memory standard in every 2000.  The 2620 board is installed in
  the co-processor slot on the motherboard, so all the normal expansion 
  slots are free.  (The 2090-A takes one of these.)  At a suggested price
  of $4699, the A2500 . . . 

  The third new machine is the A2500 UX.  This one starts with an A2500,
  adds two more megabytes of 32 bit memory on the A2620 card, replaces the 
  40 meg harddrive with 80 meg, and adds a 150 megabyte Irwin streaming
  tape drive.  All this hardware is needed for the ATT Unix System V with
  Commodore's own AIX windowing interface.  No pricing or availability
  was announced. . . . The 2500 UX is currently available to qualified
  Commercial developers only, so we can expect that there are still some
  "issues" being resolved.


Both magazines expect at least the A 2500 to be available "early" in 89.  
Somewhere else (I don't recall exactly where) it was mentioned that all
pieces of the A2500 UX could be purchased separately to add to an existing
system, but I'm certainly not the one to ask.

With appologies to Amiga World and The Amiga Sentry for not obtaining
permission to quote them.


"There cannot be a crisis next week.  My schedule is already full."   
	      -- Heny Kissinger

These are my rabid ramblings, and no one else's ......(i.e., disclaimer)

Mark