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From: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Two Questions
Summary: Can A/UX drive "classic Mac" screen?
Keywords: SE/30 and Macintosh Toolbox access
Message-ID: <977@riddle.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 17:35:52 GMT
References: <457@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> <488@nikhefk.UUCP>
Reply-To: domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop)
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In article <488@nikhefk.UUCP> paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) writes:
>In article <457@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
	(Edward Berard) writes:
>#Now that the Macintosh SE/30 and A/UX 1.1 have been officially
>#announced, I have two (apparently) unrelated questions:
>#
>#	1. It would seem that a Macintosh SE/30 equipped with an 80
>#	   megabyte internal drive could possibly support A/UX...
>#
>Nothing official, but:
>
>we tested the SE/30 and found A/UX 1.01 to be able to run on the SE/30.
>I see no non-marketing reason for Apple not the officially support A/UX
>for the SE/30.

A trivial reason for non-support on the SE/30 that I can think of
would be that A/UX might not include a driver for the  "classic Mac"
one bit-per-pixel, not too many pixels, screen.  Ed, were you using
the SE/30's own screen, which I understand is still of the "classic Mac"
variety, or were you using something outboard?  (Actually, I guess not,
as I don't think anybody yet has expansion cards for the SE/30's new (as
opposed to Nu) bus slot.)

By the way, talking of marketing reasons, the SE/30 will ship in Europe
with a 40 megabyte drive rather than 80.  Anybody care to suggest a good
basis for that decision?
-- 
Dominic Dunlop
domo@sphinx.co.uk  domo@riddle.uucp