A/UX 2.0 Specifications (Discontinued)	
This article gives specifactions for A/UX 2.0.




System Requirements
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To use the Apple A/UX operating system Version 2.0, you'll need:

- One of the following personal computers-
  - Macintosh SE/30
  - Macintosh II with an Apple Paged Memory Management Unit (PMMU)
  - Macintosh IIX
  - Macintosh IICX
  - Macintosh IIci
  - Macintosh IIfx

- A minimum of 4 megabytes of RAM.

- An Apple hard disk (minimum 80 megabytes) or the equivalent.

- An Apple monitor (or equivalent) that is compatible with A/UX Version 2.0.

- For Ethernet compatibility, the Apple EtherTalk NB Card or the equivalent.

Optional Equipment includes additional memory and the AppleCD SC drive.

Technical Specifications
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Portability standard
- AT&T UNIX System V, Release 2, Version 2.
- Compliant with the System V Interface Definition (SVID); passes the System V
 Verification Suite (SVVS).
- BSD 4.3 extensions, including signals, job control, groups, sockets, Berkeley
 Networking Services, subnets, and Berkeley File System.
- Compliant with FIPS #151.
- Compliant with IEEE POSIX 1003.11988 FUS.

Applications supported
- Macintosh applications that adhere to Inside Macintosh specifications.
- AT&T and BSD UNIX applications.
- X Window System applications (with add-on package).
- Hybrid applications (UNIX applications using the Macintosh Toolbox).

Macintosh Look and Feel
- Macintosh MultiFinder environment.
- Macintosh-style startup and shutdown.
- Support for 32-bit Color QuickDraw.

UNIX integration
- UNIX command builder.
- UNIX shell windows.
- Mouse-driven editing.
- X Window System support (add-on).
- Cut-and-paste text editing.
- Printer and AppleShare file server selection through the Chooser.

UNIX command-line interpreters for UNIX shell windows
- Bourne Shell.
- Korn Shell.
- C Shell.

Development tools
- Editing and processing utilities (Macintosh mouse editor, vi, ex, ed,
 ditroff,
 nroff, tbl, eqn, and pic).
- Assembler and C compiler.
- Shared libraries.
- Lint, lex, yacc.
- Debuggers (abd, sdb, MacsBug).
- Linker (ld).
- Source control (SCCS, make, and other UNIX tools).

Communications
- TCP/IP over Ethernet or over serial connection (SL/IP).
- AppleTalk printing and file sharing client services via LocalTalk or
 EtherTalk.
- Transparent file sharing over Ethernet or serial lines using NFS Version 3.2.
- Remote log-in and execution, resource sharing, file transfer, and electronic
 mail with Berkeley Networking Services (from   BSD 4.3).
- Domains and subnets.
- X Window System for A/UX (add-on).

Highlights of Hardware Supported
- All Macintosh II personal computers and the Macintosh SE/30.
- Apple 20-, 40-, 80-, and 160-megabyte hard disk drives.
- Apple 400K, 800K, and 1.44-megabyte floppy disk drives.
- AppleCD SC drive.
- LaserWriter IINT, LaserWriter IINTX, and LaserWriter Plus printers;
 ImageWriter
 II and ImageWriter LQ printers.
- All Macintosh monitors and compatible third-party monitors.
- All domestic Macintosh keyboards and nonextended European Macintosh keyboards
 (function keys not supported).

System administration
- Autorecovery.
- Autoconfiguration.
- Scripts for system administration functions.




Article Change History
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08/31/92 - Reviewed for technical accuracy.

Article ID: 5424	Date Created: April 03, 1990	Date Modified: December 21, 1999