delisle@white.toronto.edu (Pierre Delisle) (12/13/89)
I am currently planning to buy a Mac for use at home for the following two
main reasons:
1. Use it with MacOS for all the nice software already available on the
market (word processing, graphics, desktop publishng, games, etc.)
2. Development of UNIX related software to be portable to BSD4.3 and
SYSTEM V.
I already know the MAC quite well for point number 1, and this is the main
reason why I want to buy a Mac. However, I wonder how good AU/X for the MAC
is to help me reach the goals associated point number 2. More precisely, I
would like to know the following:
1. What flavor of Unix is AU/X ?
2. Does X exist for AU/X ?
3. Which MAC configuration is required to allow me to run AU/X? Will a
MAC SE30 do the job, or do I need a MAC II{x,cx,ci}. What is the best
buy for the ratio performance/price?
4. Will AU/X and MacOS cohabit nicely? How easy is it to switch from one
to the other.
Your personal advice and pointers to any papers that discuss these issues
would be appreciated. Please reply by e-mail since I do not want to clutter
the network with this 'novice' request for information. If there is enough
interest, I will post a summary of all advices received.
Many thanks in advance.
Pierre.
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Pierre Delisle
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