ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) (09/20/90)
Could some informed soul please post a response to the rumor of AMIX being scrapped, and what possibilities of running X applications ? Doug D.
scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Scherb - CATS) (09/20/90)
In article <10520@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) writes: >Could some informed soul please post a response to the rumor of >AMIX being scrapped, and what possibilities of running X applications >? > >Doug D. Commodore has an active engineering project working on a AT&T UNIX V.4 for the Amiga. That's not secret. We have shown it at a number of industry events over the past year or more. That does not mean that it will automatically become a released product, however. Commodore is evaluating the market potential for Amigas running UNIX, and the costs of entering and competing in that market. If and when we decide that releasing Amiga UNIX is a good business decision for the company, we will release the product. As of yet, Commodore has not made a formal announcement of the availability of the product. Showing the system at industry events helps us understand the market's reaction to the product, and therefore contributes to the overal market analysis, but does not indicate whether or not we'll actually release the product. So, stay tuned... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Scherb Vice President, Applications & Technical Support (CATS) (215) 431-9184 - Commodore Business Machines FAX (215) 431-9184 uucp: ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!scherb --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Jeff Scherb Vice President, Applications & Technical Support (CATS) (215) 431-9184 - Commodore Business Machines FAX (215) 431-9184 uucp: ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!scherb
seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) (09/22/90)
In-Reply-To: message from ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu You can get Dale Luck's version of X/11 from GFX Base...retail is something like $395, but it supports networking, Moniterm/A2024 hires display, and the Boing! 3-button optical mouse. Sean PS> Amiga Unix is still around..."AMIX" doesn't exist anymore (the name I mean). Sean //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UUCP: ...!crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc | ARPA: !crash!pnet01!pro-party!seanc@nosc.mil | " Fanatics have their INET: seanc@pro-party.cts.com | dreams, wherewith they | weave a paradise for RealWorld: Sean Cunningham | a sect. " Voice: (512) 994-1602 PLINK: ce3k* | -Keats | Call C.B.A.U.G. BBS (512) 883-8351 w/SkyPix | B^) VISION GRAPHICS B^) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
FVEST@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Floyd Vest) (09/28/90)
Jeff Scherb - CATS <scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com> wrote: >In article <10520@hubcap.clemson.edu> ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (douglas m dyer) writes: >>Could some informed soul please post a response to the rumor of >>AMIX being scrapped, and what possibilities of running X applications >Commodore has an active engineering project working on a AT&T UNIX V.4 >for the Amiga. That's not secret. We have shown it at a number of >industry events over the past year or more. That does not mean that >it will automatically become a released product, however. Commodore >is evaluating the market potential for Amigas running UNIX, and the >costs of entering and competing in that market. If and when we decide >that releasing Amiga UNIX is a good business decision for the company, >we will release the product. As of yet, Commodore has not made a >formal announcement of the availability of the product. Showing the Not to be a disagreeable sort, but I opened a magazine (Educom Review) yesterday that advertised the "Unix v.4 platform" as available for the Amiga 3000. Sounds formally announced to me :-). I realize advertising lead-times and sliding dates make marketing a new product difficult, but you make it sound like IF instead of WHEN. This is, at this point, more of a marketing question than a technical question anyway :-) Marketing, care to comment about the ad? -- Floyd Vest Auburn University ##### fvest@ducvax.auburn.edu #####