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- From: mats@netcom.com (Mats Wichmann)
- Subject: Re: TT Unix ASV
- Message-ID: <s_tns7n.mats@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 04:09:57 GMT
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- References: <3576@richsun.cpg.trs.reuter.com>
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- chuck@cpg.trs.reuter.com (Chuck Menard) writes:
-
- >References: Re: TT Compatability questions
- >>> 4. Is there a Unix like OS for the TT? If so, has anyone gotton X11
- >>> R4 or X11 R5 to compile on a TT?
- >>There's a System V R 4 from Atari Corp. containing X11/Motif and some
- >>other neat stuff. It has only two problems: The ASV package is rather
- >>expensive (in my opinion) and slow. But it is said to be quite stable.
-
- >Can one actually purchase it now? Is it for public sale or for developer's
- >only? I'm am told by a local dealer that it's still for sale only for developer's
- >here in the U.S. The dealer did give me an expected price and it is outrageous.
- >I expected it to be expensive but not -that- expensive. And I hope that
- >it will be available in color as I do not wish to pay more for a monochrome
- >monitor.
-
- I'm kind of surprised nobody has posted anything to the net about this.
- Atari have pretty much canned the ASV project. At any rate, the team
- within Atari has been laid off and all development has stopped. There's
- still some rumbling about a resurrection as a third-party product.
- The O.S. porting was done outside the company anyway, so it doesn't seem
- entirely impossible for that to happen, but I've no idea who has rights
- to what and so on.
-
- As far as comments on stability, speed, etc. it's extremely stable at
- this point. The speed is well, about what you'd expect from a 68030 in
- these days when many workstations are running with processors with 10
- times the performance or more (I spent some time working with an SGI
- Indigo recently, which fits into the 10x category). On the other hand,
- it's quite possible to get decent work done on it - I've worked on much
- that is far worse.
- --
- Mats Wichmann
- Unisoft Corporation
- mats@unisoft.com (or mats@netcom.com)
-
- Silly Disclaimer: speaking only for myself, except when I'm not.
-