25 May
2004
25 May
'04
10:05 a.m.
From: "Teo Zenios" <teoz(a)neo.rr.com>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
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To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Subject: Re: Interesting Apple PowerBook tablet computer
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:55:29 -0400
The ANS 500 looks impressive, but your stuck running one version of AIX and
there is no support for anything newer then what shipped with the unit
(sure
there is probably a version of Linux for it). There really isn't much
information about these units around, must have died a quick death in the
market.
I don't see why an AWS95 isn't considered a real server since it was the
best/last platform for A/UX, has a 300 watt power supply, security key that
controls power, and room for lots of scsi drives internally and externally.
The AWS95 is a monster, in desktop computer terms. It's got a massive,
cache-accelerated SCSI-II controller eating up the PDS slot, tons of NuBus
and memory slots, includes a DAT drive, and A/UX FLIES on it.
The ANS hardware is interesting, I remember a MacWorld article on them, and
they seem pretty beasty. RAID, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies, LCD
status screen, etc... As far as alternate OSes go, I assume you could get
some version of Linux running on it, and, *of course*:
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/
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