thoughts on UNIX and older systems

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Sun Jan 17 05:44:43 1999

At 11:42 16/01/99 -0600, Miles O'Neal wrote:

>Of course, it's a good feeling to even have the option.
>Because 10 - 12 years ago, what were your UNIX options, if
>you weren't the government or a university?

Well you could either buy A/UX from Apple or SCO Unix. I looked at both of
these for my first Unix system about 10 years ago. In the end I got A/UX as
it was a couple of thousand dollars cheaper though I ended up spending
about AUD$8000 on the system. Fortunately I got work to buy some of the
upgrades (like the $2000 200Mb disk...).
I've still got the A/UX box here at home. After I've had fun playing with
my new ISDN connection, I might even reconfigure it to be on the Internet
again...
Received on Sun Jan 17 1999 - 05:44:43 GMT