A/UX 2.0.1 questions

[Alexis Rosen]

John Sovereign writes:
>A/UX is available immediately from all authorized A/UX resellers in various
>media configurations for the following manufacturer's suggested retail 
>prices:
> 
>Macintosh IIfx 4MB/160HD                     $9269
>Macintosh IIfx 8MB/160HD                     $9669
>Macintosh IIci 8MB/80HD                      $6869
>Macintosh IIsi 5MB/80HD                      $5169 (includes NuBus Adapter
>                                                    Card)
> 
>(The above systems ship configured with A/UX 2.0.1 preinstalled on the 
>internal hard disk.)

Just in case people aren't aware of this... Strangely enough, if you want
to buy a Mac IIfx, it's cheaper to buy most configurations _with A/UX_ and
then throw it away, than it is to buy a regular Mac IIfx. In effect, Apple
is paying you to take A/UX. I think this is also true for the IIci.

While this was totally merited with A/UX 1.x, it's probably overly generous
for 2.0. It's just a shame they aren't a bit more reasonable about the cost
of the standalone A/UX product. And I still think they owe us 1.x purchasers
free upgrades...

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Alexis Rosen
Owner/Sysadmin, PANIX Public Access Unix, NY
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