[comp.sys.amiga.tech] Amiga UNIX??

wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) (09/20/89)

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently carried an ad recruiting personnel to
work with "AMIX", which it described as AT&T UNIX running on an Amiga.


Is this for real?
-- 
Bill Hutchison, DP Consultant	rutgers!cbmvax!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh
Unisys UNIX Portation Center	"Unless you are very rich and very eccentric,
P.O. Box 500, M.S. B121         you will not enjoy the luxury of a computer
Blue Bell, PA 19424		in your own home", Edward Yourdon, 1975.

dc@dcpc.UUCP (Don Curtis) (09/20/89)

 In <609@ubbpc.UUCP> wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) asks:

>The Philadelphia Inquirer recently carried an ad recruiting personnel to
>work with "AMIX", which it described as AT&T UNIX running on an Amiga.

>Is this for real?
>-- 
>Bill Hutchison, DP Consultant	rutgers!cbmvax!burdvax!ubbpc!wgh
                                        ^^^^^^
								   interesting path 

>Unisys UNIX Portation Center	"Unless you are very rich and very eccentric,
>P.O. Box 500, M.S. B121         you will not enjoy the luxury of a computer
>Blue Bell, PA 19424		in your own home", Edward Yourdon, 1975.


	You bet it's for real, and has been for about a year now.  Beta
	versions of SVR3 (.2 I believe) have been available for several
	months now.  *Rumor* has it that CBM is waiting for the port of
	SVR4 to be done before releasing the A2500UX to the public
	at large.  



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ford@amix.commodore.com (Mike Ditto) (09/20/89)

In article <609@ubbpc.UUCP> wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) writes:
>The Philadelphia Inquirer recently carried an ad recruiting personnel to
>work with "AMIX", which it described as AT&T UNIX running on an Amiga.
>
>Is this for real?

Which, the existence of Amix, or the search for personnel?  In either
case, the answer is yes.  System V Release 3.2 has been demonstrated running
on the Amiga at several major shows, such as SIGGRAPH last month.  And we
are looking for a few software people in various areas.  I will try to get
a job description posted.  Although there have been some official statements
that Amix will be released as a product, it isn't one at this moment, and
there are no release dates yet.
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ditto@amix.commodore.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		uunet!cbmvax!ditto
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ford@kenobi.cts.com

ford@amix.commodore.com (Mike Ditto) (09/20/89)

Oh yes, I forgot to say that that article was the first one ever posted to
the net from an Amiga running Unix (as far as I know).  Rich Miner at the
University of Lowell wanted to be the first, but I got tired of using the
VAX to read news.  :-)  Rich wanted to dig out Fred Fish's first article
posted from his MAC II and say "Nyah, Nyah, Amigas can do that too", so
here's a friendly "Nyah Nyah" to Fred.  :-)
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ditto@amix.commodore.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		uunet!cbmvax!ditto
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ford@kenobi.cts.com