Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple:13796 comp.sys.apollo:2847 comp.unix.aux:1020 comp.unix.questions:14210 comp.sys.mac:33281 comp.sys.dec:1381 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uxc!garcon!garcon.cso.uiuc.edu!grunwald From: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Dirk Grunwald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.apollo,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Academic workstations : Macintosh ... Message-ID: Date: 11 Jun 89 21:32:41 GMT References: <507@lclark.UUCP> <1209@uvm-gen.UUCP> Sender: news@garcon.cso.uiuc.edu Reply-To: grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Lines: 14 In-reply-to: cavrak@uvm-gen.UUCP's message of 11 Jun 89 11:52:12 GMT In article <1209@uvm-gen.UUCP> cavrak@uvm-gen.UUCP (Steve Cavrak,113 Waterman,6561483,) writes: 1. when they're "obsolete" as unix workstation, they can be recycled as "plain" Macintosh's and sold to "ordinary people". There is I hate to tell you, but if you've ever used the apple UNIX, you'd know that it's *already* obsolete. If you're looking for a color box that runs UNIX *and* runs standard micro software, go for a '386 box, or a Sun-386i instead. We have several Apple-IIx's running AU/X, and it's *awful*. The compiler sucks and the machine is basically slow. -- Dirk Grunwald -- Univ. of Illinois (grunwald@flute.cs.uiuc.edu)