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> To me, the biggest tragedy was when Commodore refused to allow Sun to package the A3000 as a low-end Unix workstation. This is another bit of Amiga lore that
by ajross 4y ago
> To me, the biggest tragedy was when Commodore refused to allow Sun to package the A3000 as a low-end Unix workstation.
This is another bit of Amiga lore that is a little spun. There was no space in the market for a 68030 Unix machine in 1992 though. Even SPARC's days were numbered. Not two years later we were all running Linux on Pentiums, and we never looked back.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoI wasn't aware of this at the time, but they had AT&T Unix on them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_3000UX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_3000UX $3400 in 1990 is pretty high, but I guess cheap for a "workstation." The average business would probably just suffer on a PC with DOS and Lotus 123 or something.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago> The average business would probably just suffer on a PC with DOS and Lotus 123 or something. 386 PCs were going for $3500+ in 1990.
- mixmastamyk 4y ago386 was five years old by that point, though you can spend as a much as you wanted of course. But a 386 and graphics are not needed to do what I mentioned.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoPrices didn't fall that quickly. 386s were premium until the 486 came along and $3500 is still a drop from the introductory pricing where they went for $5000. The 386 was an export controlled supercomputer and the market reflected that early on. 286's were the mid grade with 8086 still available for budget PCs.
- icedchai 4y agoI basically said this exactly same thing in a previous post. Why would Sun need Commodore? They had their own 68K systems and had moved on to Sparc anyway.