CERF@A.ISI.EDU (08/04/88)
I have been given to understand that there is a Unix for the MAC. If that is true, NFS should be available as well. The MAC Unix is called AUX, I believe. I don't have a point of contact, but the product is supported by Apple, I believe. Vint Cerf
stjohns@BEAST.DDN.MIL (Mike St. Johns) (08/04/88)
This month's BYTE has a rather scathing set of articles on A/UX - Unix for the MAC. A/UX appears to be closest to system V than any of the other UNIXs. But hold on to your wallet - it costs either $5000 or $10,000 depending on your system configuration - this is *without* source code (which does not appear to be available at this time) Mike
don@SRI-LEWIS.ARPA (Donald Holman) (08/04/88)
> Mike St. Johns writes: > > But hold on to your wallet - it costs either $5000 or $10,000 > depending on your system configuration - this is *without* source code > (which does not appear to be available at this time) If this is indeed the cost, it might be less expensive to get source code from another place, and then pay a team of developers to adapt it for the new machine. Not necessarily a joke, but perhaps a semi scathing commentary on the price. these are my comments and are probably not the views of my employer. Don
tjb@Apple.COM (Tom Barrett) (08/04/88)
In article <8808041311.AA03609@beast.DDN.MIL> stjohns@BEAST.DDN.MIL (Mike St. Johns) writes: >This month's BYTE has a rather scathing set of articles on A/UX Scathing...hmmm...in my humble interpretation, I would say perhaps lukewarm. The summary in the review says "...[A/UX is] a good first step toward the MacII into a Unix workstation." Anyway, lest I be accused of out-of-context quoting, it's best to judge for one's self. A recent issue of UNIX World had a fairly positive review (not sure which issue, sorry), as did the June 27 issue of UNIX Today (BTW, I am a contractor, not an Apple employee). >But hold on to your wallet - it costs either $5000 or $10,000 >depending on your system configuration - this is *without* source code I'm not sure if it's clear from this posting that these prices include the fully configured MacII (monitor, floppies, 80Mb hard drive, etc.). Those interested in details about A/UX can read or post requests to comp.unix.aux.
stjohns@BEAST.DDN.MIL (Mike St. Johns) (08/05/88)
There were actually two articles - one about Apple in general, and another about the A/UX stuff. The one about Apple in general starts out with "... A/UX is another of Apple's software mistakes." The other article was kinder. Mike (THis is the August 1988 issue of Byte we are discussing /msj/)