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Article #21167Re: diskless mac-II A/UX
From: verber
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1987 13:57
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1987 13:57
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The idea of a diskless MacII running A/UX has been *strongly* suggested to Apple. They held a meeting a few months ago with the universities who had recieved seed units to discuss possible improvements for A/UX. Everyone present stress that they would really like A/UX to boot via the network. This idea goes very much against the philosphy of computing that is present at Apple. They prefer the idea of stand alone machines that can share resources, i.e. being dependant on another machine for booting and all disk use doesn't sit well with them. On the other hand, they seems to hear the pleas of the the university people (who will be some of the biggest customers). I expect that we will see diskless A/UX in the next year or two. Apple hasn't committed to this, as far as I know, but they seem to understand why this will be important to succeed in the higher education market. Cheers, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department Mark A. Verber The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.arpa +1 (614) 292-7344 cbosgd!osu-cis!verber
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!verber From: verber@tut.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: diskless mac-II A/UX Message-ID: <933@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 08:57:38 EST Article-I.D.: tut.933 Posted: Tue Nov 3 08:57:38 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 06:21:25 EST References: <235@bernina.UUCP> Organization: Ohio State University, Computer Science Lines: 21 Keywords: NFS, diskless, A/UX