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From: dwb@sticks.apple.com (David W. Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: General Overview of Mac & A/UX Capabilities
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Date: 29 Mar 89 02:19:37 GMT
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In article <3202@nunki.usc.edu> malczews@nunki.usc.edu (Frank Malczewski) writes:
>What toolbox capabilities does A/UX not currently support?
	Multiple monitors, inits, hardware access and managers

>
>What "standards" does it (currently/very near future) support -- e.g.,
>X-windows, networking, etc?
	X-Windows
	TCP/IP (berkeley API)
	NFS
	Posix
>
>How reliable is it (i.e., how compatible is it with other unix-based software)?
	This seems to be two questions.  Release 1.1 is fairly reliable.
	Uptime tells me 7 days.  Other machines have been up as long as
	long as 39-50 days.  As far as compatiblity goes, we've ported
	a lot of berkeley and system v based code both with relatively
	little effort.