| Well, I don't know about PC Week, but I also read PCResource (we've
got a clone at home and it helps to keep an eye on the compitition.)
In the October'88 isuue, they review a bunch of ways to run MS-Dos
programs on different systems. PC-Ditto for the ST, PC Transporter
for the IIGS, a few things for the Mac and of course our hero the
Bridgeboard. The reviewer has very nice things to say about the
bridgeboard. About the only things he doesn't like is the fact
that it has only 512K ram. he does point out that you can get standard
plug in ram cards that work on the IBM for it. He does love the
fact the you can run both Amiga and Messy-dos things at the same
time. He does bemoan the fact that it is only 4.77 mhz, but mentions
that CBM is working on a 80286 or 80386 version.
he concludes by saying
"Of the five systems I tested the Amiga 2000's multitasking operating
system, fast graphics, and PC expansion slots make it the most
versatile system for home and special-purpose use..."
Of the costs, the Amiga is right in the middle, with the 1040st
& pc-ditto the lowest, the IIgs next, the Amiga, and the two mac's
fourth and fifth expensive. NOTE: the prices show that the 2000
and bridgeboard list for 2694, and the cheapest mac is 4153, the
other mac is a whopping $9059!!
(Prices include hardware, and additional software (if needed))
All in all ,the Amiga looks like the winner (as if we didn't know
that)
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| UNIX for real? Anybody have any idea of what flavor, and what utilities
will be provided,,, and cost? Does the Amiga have hardware memory
management - can you run UNIX without it?
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| Sterling L. Brown writes that the UNIX is System V, Release 3.1
NCR runs unix with 68010 - I've been told MM can be done in the
Unix kernal.
Unix World stated release I and MSDOS for around $6,000. I'd
wait.... Given CBMs penchant for delay, I wouldn't plan on anything
this year (I'd give a 50/50 before christmas - September was to
be the original month and everything is slipping)
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| See the Usenet comp.sys.amiga notesfile, MSBIS::AMIGA_USENET,
especially notes 1831 and 1859. Briefly, Commodore plans to package
the A2000 with the A2620 processor board and Unix to become a new
product: the A2500UX. The A2620 contains a 68020, 68881 floating
point unit and 68851 memory management unit, as well as (megabytes
of?) DRAM, and plugs into the A2000 CPU slot.
The A2620 is real enough that _Amiga Sentry_ ran an article on it
earlier this year by its designer, Dave Haynie.
Wes
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