watermaa@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WATERMAN ALEXANDER S) (03/27/90)
I don't know if this is a Hardware or software question but..... I'm trying to get a friend over to the Macintosh world but he's really stuck on his IBM. But if he can run Unix and maybe Xwindows on the Mac, he will change What is A/UX (is it a software or hardware) Can X windows run under A/UX (is it available?) How powerful are these under the MAC What is the cost to have each of these running? I would appreciate any and all info that I can get THANKS for helping me out !!! Kent Leung watermaa@boulder.colorado.edu (posted c/o A. Waterman)
huntley@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Haydn Huntley) (03/28/90)
In article <18874@boulder.Colorado.EDU> watermaa@tramp.Colorado.EDU (WATERMAN ALEXANDER S) writes: | I don't know if this is a Hardware or software question but..... | I'm trying to get a friend over to the Macintosh world but he's really | stuck on his IBM. | But if he can run Unix and maybe Xwindows on the Mac, he will change | | What is A/UX (is it a software or hardware) A/UX is Apple's version of Unix for Mac II and SE/30 machines. It is software, though it costs approx $1000. | Can X windows run under A/UX (is it available?) Yes! X11R4 is available for A/UX 2.0. | How powerful are these under the MAC From what I've heard they're great -- you can run Unix and MultiFinder simultaneously, and cut and paste freely between them. You should subscribe to comp.unix.aux for more information! --Haydn
mikel@goofy.apple.com (Mikel Evins) (03/29/90)
In article <39874@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, huntley@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Haydn Huntley) writes: > In article <18874@boulder.Colorado.EDU> watermaa@tramp.Colorado.EDU (WATERMAN ALEXANDER S) writes: > | I don't know if this is a Hardware or software question but..... > | I'm trying to get a friend over to the Macintosh world but he's really > | stuck on his IBM. > | But if he can run Unix and maybe Xwindows on the Mac, he will change > | > | What is A/UX (is it a software or hardware) > > A/UX is Apple's version of Unix for Mac II and SE/30 machines. It is > software, though it costs approx $1000. > > | Can X windows run under A/UX (is it available?) > > Yes! X11R4 is available for A/UX 2.0. > > | How powerful are these under the MAC > > From what I've heard they're great -- you can run Unix and MultiFinder > simultaneously, and cut and paste freely between them. > You should subscribe to comp.unix.aux for more information! > > --Haydn You can also install X11R4 as the sole user interface. I recently did it, just for kicks. Its kind of cool just for the variety; but man-oh-man, twm really makes me appreciate how smooth and capable the Finder is. A version of Motif is also available for A/UX, but I forget who the vendor is. Too bad, 'cuz I'd like to try it out and see how much it improves on twm. --me