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From: thomas@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Thomas QA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amiga 2500UX
Keywords: amiga-unix amix 2500UX
Message-ID: <5804@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 89 14:04:17 GMT
References: <214@corpane.UUCP>
Reply-To: thomas@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Thomas QA)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 39

In article <214@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
> I may be a bit slow here.... Let me get this straight...
> the Amiga 2500UX is an amiga 2500 running Amiga unix. but...
> it can't run AmigaDOS ?!?!?!?! 
>

Of course it can runAmigaDOS. The 2500UX will boot UNIX by default, but
the user has the option of which operating system to run.
 
> Then what's the point? I can get a 386 based tower system with a monochrome
> monitor running microport unix for under 3000 bucks. 

The point is you get the best of both worlds...
 
> I thought the whole point of the UX machine was allowing the power and
> flexability of unix while allowing full backwards compatability with
> older Amiga machines and sofware. 

It sure is!
 
> or is this the case and I have been just reading the last few messages
> about the 2500UX wrong??
> 
> confused...

Hope this helps.
 
> John Sparks
> uunet!ukma!corpane!sparks

  Dave Thomas
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