sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (11/30/88)
s you mean line eater!]
The following is taken directly from the Dec 88 issue of UnixWorld (Pg 59)
from an article called "Apple Conquers The UNIX/68000 PC Market".
(Without permission of course ;-)
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COMMODORE RAISES STEAM FOR UNIX
Commodore's Amiga 2000 - in beta testing at press time - uses a DMA coprocessor
slot to hold a 68020/68030 processor running a full implemenation of UNIX
system V.3.1. The Amiga 2000 comes in three configurations: a 68020 with 4
megabytes of 32-bit memory, a 68030 with 4 megabytes of 32-bit memory, and a
68030 with 20 megabytes of 32-bit memory. (The Amiga 2000 actually uses a
68000 processor and three custom chips for graphics, sound, and multitasking;
the 68020/030 chips are coprocessors that plug into a direct memory access,
or DMA slot.) All three models run at a clock speed of 33 MHz. Hard disks
are available in 60-, 80-, and 100-megabyte sizes. Ethernet, TCP/IP, and NFS
will all be supported. As many as seven terminals can be connected to the
Amiga 2000, each connected to the host through an RS-232 expansion card.
According to Commodore, the Amiga 2000 is very fast. "We've achieved a
benchmark of 6200 Dhrystones", says Dr. Henri Rubin, chief operating officer
of Commodore International.
Commodore hopes to use raw performance as the enticement for the university
market. "Real performance is what sells in the university market and to
VARs in niche markets," says Rubin. "We feel that the Amiga 2000's performance
will upstage both [Apple and IBM]". Rubin challenges analysts to run their
own benchmarks rather than take his word.
Commodore will not sell the Amiga 2000 directly to business users. Instead,
it will rely on VARs who can provide applications-level support. "In
business applications, the importance of support overshadows all else,"
says Rubin. Like Atari, Commodore's success with its UNIX machine will be
heavily dependent on the performance of its VARs.
Commodore's move to UNIX is based on pragmatism. "English is a complex and
illogical language, yet it is still the most widely used," says Rubin, using
English as a metaphor for UNIX. "Purists take delight in the inconsistencies
that frustrate others. Yet if the language is widley used, its technical
faults become irrelevant," adds Rubin.
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