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From: davide@cs.qmw.ac.uk (David Edmondson)
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Subject: Re: Coexistence of MacOS/AUX, etc.
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Date: 9 Feb 90 11:08:18 GMT
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In article <296@fornax.UUCP> rsutc@fornax.UUCP (Rick Sutcliffe) writes:
>
>Assuming yes, could anything else (the gateway and/or Apple's fileserver
>software run under multifinder on the same machine as UNIX?

I think purposes have become crossed a little.  Chuq meant that
that MacOS and A/UX can live on the same disk, indeed you have
to have some MacOS somewhere to boot A/UX but they don't run at
the same time.  Once you have started A/UX you can only return
to MacOS by restarting the machine.  While in A/UX you can run
one Mac application at a time as long as it is "well behaved".

As to providing AFP fileserving from A/UX I have been hoping
that Apple would come up with a port of CAP which saved files
as AppleSingle or AppleDouble format and understood EtherTalk.
This would let users access the same files from Mac
applications running either MacOS or A/UX and would let
ethernet only sites to do without a gateway (no ore protocol
conversion).

>
>How many users can this UNIX have, and how are they connected?  Terminals?
>TOPS?

I don't know the maximum number of users, it's not in the
kconfig information.  A Mac running A/UX is like any other
unix workstation (except it can run mac applications) i.e. it
is expected to be used by an individual rather than being a
time sharing machine however you can log in via serial line
(only 2 unless you buy extra hardware) of the network (NCSA
Telnet is ideal for this).

If you want more information about A/UX go to your local dealer
and watch total bafflement and lack of recognition pass over
his face.  Then ring Apple.

>Rick Sutcliffe         Associate Professor             \ (89-90 only) Visitor
>               Computing Science & Mathematics \ School of Computing Science
>               Trinity Western University      \ Simon Fraser University



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