Macs for compfortable A/UX programming

[Alexis Rosen]

In article <NAYERI.90Sep30204222 at ibis.cs.umass.edu> nayeri at cs.umass.edu writes:
>Has anyone used a 3 button mouse to use with MacX (and/or X11R4) under A/UX? How does it
>work, where do I get it, etc. I know that Apple Thought Police doesn't like
>3-buttons, but it is a total pain to run X Windows with one button.

Apple has actually been pushing this:
SuperMouse/GMPU
Advanced Gravis
1033 Antrim Ave.
Burnaby, British Columbia
Canada V5J 4M5
(604) 434-7274

I haven't used it myself.

>I remember hearing that A/UX running MacOS does not support more than one
>screen. Is this true? Also, can you run MacX (and/or X11R4) with more
>than one screen? 

Currently, this is true. MacX doesn't change things, but I understand that
X11R4 will support multiple monitors.

>How much memory should we get for running A/UX and MacX and have the mac
>comfortable enough for programming?

8MB is drastically more useful than 4MB. Given the low cost of Mac memory,
though, why not go for 20MB? 16MB of RAM, even for the IIfx, will set you
back less than $900.

>Any other suggestions for turning our macs into a A/UX development
>environment?

Well, having two disks instead of one always helps. If you're going to
get a disk, get a 5.25" one. They have much better transfer rates than
3.5" disks (except for the new 3.5" Wrens and the large (300-400MB)
Quantums, neither of which are widely available yet).

>Our current configuration is:
>  Mac IIx with 4/8 Meg memory, Apple 13" (I think) color monitor, Ethernet
>  cable, A/UX 1.1 (we are getting the upgrade for 2.0 soon), X11R4 (MIT
>  version).

Programming? Get yourself a larger, monochrome screen! I can't think of
anything that could make a bigger difference.

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Alexis Rosen
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