Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!sunic!uupsi!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!prls!pyramid!cbmvax!amix!ag From: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Whirled UNIX bashing Message-ID: <297@amix.commodore.com> Date: 1 Mar 90 14:36:33 GMT References: <9883@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski) Organization: Commodore Amix Development Lines: 24 In article <9883@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes: >In article mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike Meyer) writes: >> >>A "minimal" Amiga system with an HD would be 2-3 meg of memory (2.5 >>was just fine when I had that amount), and 20-30 meg hard disk (I use >>a 20Meg disk about like that 300Meg "system disk" on our >>workstations). What kind of Unix is CBM going to package in that >>space? Alternatively, what is CBM going to sell as a "minimal" Unix >>system? And how many of the minimal AmigaDOS machines I described >>above will you be able to buy for that price? > >The current definition of a "minimal" amiga unix system is (roughly): >an '030 based amiga w/ 5Mb ram, 105Mb disk, and streaming tape. >Pricing and actual release configurations not available at this time. This is correct for an alpha version that went out in house. This will hopefully not be the case in the near future. Indeed, it has gone down significantly in the last two weeks! Pax, Keith -- ag@amix.commodore.com Keith Gabryelski ...!cbmvax!amix!ag