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From: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: UNIX on the Apple II?
Message-ID: <6935@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 22:20:39 GMT
References: <113300242@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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In article <113300242@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>Here's my question.  UNIX was written in C.  Given this fact, one could
>theoretically run UNIX on any computer with a C compiler.  The Apple II has
>several C compilers.  Theoretically, you could therefore run UNIX on an Apple
>II. 

If a person developed a new file system, they'd have to develop the 
utilities to use the system: disk copiers, recreation tools, editors,
etc.  It COULD be done, but it would be easier to add a c shell
to the existing prodos system.  As a matter of fact I've been
looking into how practical it might be to develope a c.system
program to run under prodos and allow for the use of c commands.

I'm not offering to write a c compiler by myself, but last year or
so when I perfected shell it occurred to me that if I recoded
it as a system program in its own right it would make a handy
platform.

If you're interested in using unix-like commands on the apple, try taking
a peek at Davex.

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