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From: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX: any info?
Keywords: AMIX
Message-ID: <301@amix.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Mar 90 13:13:20 GMT
References: <1990Mar6.193622.13377@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <21730@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: ag@amix.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Organization: Commodore Amix Development
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In article <21730@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) writes:
>es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>
>>TO SOMEONE AT COMMODORE WORKING ON UNIX:
>>---------------------------------------
>>2) Are you implying that X comes with the Unix?

Yes, X will come with Amix System V Release 4.

>How can X not come with Unix?  Ok, there is a bit of work to port X to
>a specific version of Unix and a lot more work (I imagine) to make it
>use the Amiga graphics hardware.  But X is PD.  Remember, we aren't talking
>about Dale's AmigaX here, we are talking about a Unix X.

X was It was actually a pain in the butt to port X to System V Release
3.  Just because something is public domain doesn't mean that it
automatically works.  If only (int *)0 could talk...

>>3) Currently, X is only B&W. Will it be available in color by the time
>>that the Unix machine is released?
>
>X for the Amiga (ie.  AmigaOS) is only B&W.  Unix X is colour.

bizzzzt!  Dale has Color X working and has for some time now.  Color X
under Amix is not quite solid, yet, but is being worked on as I type.

>4) The U. of Lowell board, connected to some huge monitor, seems like
>what would make an Amiga into a full "Sun" workstation, i.e. big and
>colorful. Is it Commodore's intention to make the Unix Amiga work with
>UofL and if so is the U. of L. expected out soon, i.e. with the Unix
>machine.

Yes.

Pax, Keith
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