esink@turia.dit.upm.es (04/05/91)
I'm certain many of these are faq's; my apologies in advance, but
a recent event turned A/UX into an interesting possibility for me.
1. What does it cost ? I know I've seen this lately in some
magazine - Byte maybe... Is there any way to not pay retail ?
For example, is there any kind of educational discount ? Please
ignore the fact that I am posting from Spain. I am a student
at a major University in the U.S., on leave.
2. What sort of a disadvantage is the fact that this is SVR2 instead
of the more current SVR4 ? Is an upgrade to R3 or R4 being
planned ?
3. Am I right in assuming that the Mac as a UNIX box can run
general UNIX software like I might do on a Sun ? Yes, I know
that SysV is not the same as the Berkeleyish thing in the
Sun box, but I can still run things like the following can't I ?
perl, gnu emacs, gcc, g++, f2c, nethack, zoo, rn, most
other gnu software..., patch, sc, kcl...
4. How *Mac* is it ? I have 'heard' that the integration of the
Mac interface with UNIX is very well done. Can I fiddle with
hypercard while I compile in the background in another window ?
Can I fiddle with Hypercard while I calculate an Excel
spreadsheet in the background ?
(The aim of the previous 2 questions is this : since A/UX would
appear to be a mix of the Mac OS and UNIX, what from each camp
am I sacrificing. The benefits of the mix appear obvious, I
just want to know if anything got loss during the marriage)
5. What's a minimum and recommended disk space need for this OS ?
6. Does X come with the system (a non-question, I don't care about
this except for trivia)
7. How is the file system handled ? Separate partitions for Mac
and A/UX ?
8. Can I switch to a purely Mac System/Finder configuration easily ? Is
there any need to do so ?
9. What kind of documentation comes with it ?
A. Do you LIKE A/UX ?
B. Is it possible to use UNIX development tools to write Mac
applications ?
C. How fast is it on a lower end Mac, like a IIsi or maybe an
SE/30 ? The IIfx is not really an option for me.
Well, I came up with more questions than I thought I would.
Respond to all or a subset, whatever you like. Mailed
responses would probably be better - I doubt you all want
comp.unix.aux clogged with stuff like this...
Any comments, opinions welcome; thanks in advance !
Eric
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