Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcrware!jejones
From: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS-9 68k
Keywords: OS-9/68000, hardware requirements
Message-ID: <1337@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 11 Sep 89 15:23:16 GMT
References: <6435@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Reply-To: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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In article <6435@hubcap.clemson.edu> rchampe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Richard Champeaux) writes:
>Does OS-9 68k require an MMU?

No, it doesn't, though with one, one can enforce access restrictions,
of course.

>What does it need in the way of timers and interrupts?

If you want to do time-slicing, there should be a source of periodic
interrupts.

>Are there any other hardware dependencies that it has?

None I know of.

	James Jones