richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (02/19/88)
>In article <1406@csib.csi.UUCP> jwhitnel@csib.UUCP (Jerry Whitnell) writes: >>From Feb 88 issue of Micro-Mini Systems: >> >>Apple Finally Gets its UNIX act together - All on a disk >> >>Apple Computer Inc, Curpertino Calif., chose the Uniforum show in Dallas this >>month to introduce A/UX, its version of AT&T Co.'s UNIX System V.2 >>operating system. A/UX is designed for Apple's high-end Macintosh II and >>comes preconfigured on either an internal ($4,879) or an external ($5,549) >>80M-byte rigid-disk drive upgrade packge for current users [Ouch! jdw]. ... >>A/UX contains Berkeley UNIX extensions, Network File SYstem, Streams and the >>Macintosh Toolbox, plus functions for automatic booting and recovery. >>That leaves users with 10 M-bytes of free disk space [Ouch again! jdw]. >>By preconfiguring the disk, Apple hopes to spare users from hiring UNIX gurus. > >I've heard rumors of a 68030 workstation from Apollo priced under $5,000, due >out some time this year. Considering that Apollo supports BSD4.3, System V.3, >X windows, NFS, a sophisticated user interface management system that you can >use to build mac-like interfaces, network computing (an implementation of >course-grained parallel computing using workstations on the network as parallel >processors), and that Apollo supports an AT bus (so that you can add cheap >peripherals) and bundles in your choice of an Ethernet or token ring board, >I wonder if Apple will be forced to drop their Mac II prices. Or would people >be willing to pay a premium just because it's a Macintosh? > > Brian > >====== > Brian K. Martin, M.D. > 3420-A Hinahina Street > Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 > >PHONE: (808) 735-5661 >ARPA: uhccux!medix!martin@nosc.MIL >UUCP: { ihnp4,ucbvax,dcdwest,uunet }!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!medix!martin -- "Each morning when I wake up to rise, I'm living in a dreamland" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard