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- From: lovealld@infonode.ingr.com (David Loveall)
- Subject: Re: AmigaUNIX 2.1 on A2000
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.145046.6940@infonode.ingr.com>
- Reply-To: dave@xanadu.reston.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corp. Federal Systems Division, Reston VA
- References: <1992Jul23.165759.2711@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:50:46 GMT
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- In <1992Jul23.165759.2711@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au> 89u7491@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:
-
- >I have an A2000 with the GVP combo (68030 + SCSI controller) with 5 MEG fast
- >RAM and 1 MEG chip and a 120 MEG HD. Can anyone give me some information on
- >setting unix up with this configuration (I realise that I will also need a tape
- > drive). As fas as I know the A3000UX has some unix stuff in ROM, how does
- >an A2000 unix user get around this? AmigaUnix 2.1 isn't available in Aust. so
- >could someone in the US give me an idea on how much the 2.1 distribution will
- >cost. Thanks in advance.
-
- In addition to the 150MB tape drive that you will need to load unix,
- you will also need either a unix driver for your GVP SCSI controller, or
- one of the three Commodore SCSI adapters in order of preference:
-
- 1) A2091
- 2) A2090A
- 3) A2090
-
- Its my understanding from the net that the designer of the A2091 now
- works for GVP and has designed GVP's newer SCSI cards. Those new
- GVP designs might be close enough to the A2091, but I would bet against
- it..
-
- Other considerations: The minimum ram for unix is 4MB. If you want
- to use OpenLook with X, the documentation also recommends a minimum
- 8MB ram. Unix does not directly use chip ram, so it doesn't count
- in this consideration. (Chip ram _does_ count in determining how
- many virtual screens you can access, but the 1MB chip ram gives you
- all ten screens available.) With your 120MB HD, you'll have to pick
- and choose packages from among the 292MB of files the complete tape has,
- particularly if you want AmigaDos on the drive too.
-
- I haven't heard of any 3000 unix specific rom code, but even if there
- were, I don't see why the unix kernals couldn't take this into
- account.
-
- Here is the pricing for Amiga Unix 2.1 at a local (to me)
- Washington, DC area dealer:
-
- 2-User: US $999
- Unlimited: US $1199
-
- If I recall correctly, the upgrade from older (1.X) Amiga Unix was
- US $299 and US $499 respectively.
-
- Perhaps the addendum info on system requirements could be put into a
- FAQ, along with general recomendations?
-
- >Cheers
- >-Trevor
-
- > "let me be the first to offer you my sincerest contrafibularities"
- > E. Blackadder
-
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