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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: AMIX Release Date?
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Date: 28 May 90 23:34:21 GMT
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In article <20392@snow-white.udel.EDU> GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig) writes:
>On 28 May 90 04:40:37 GMT you said:
>>In article <11786@cbmvax.commodore.com>, valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com
>>(Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>>>
>>> Actually, a 68020 is necessary because many instructions that the UNIX
>>> operating system is using are available only on 68020+ processors.
>>Admittedly,
>>> a special version could be compiled that used only 68010 instructions, but
>>> that would not be worth it. Speed-wise, the Release 4 kernel feels
>>comfortable
>>> on the 68030, providing it with a 68010 would result in rather shameful
>>> performances.
>>>
>>> Valentin
>>> --
>>
>>Maybe you haven't seen a sun-2 workstation? They used a 68010 processor and
>>they ran unix. What you say here is that Unix won't run on anything but a
>>68020, 68030 and later a 68040. What about all those Unix versions that run
>>on processors like 80386, SPARC, MIPS, VAX 11-780, ..........
>>
>     I think his point was that AMIX requires an 020 or better.  You could
> probably get Unix running on a 6502, you just wouldn't *WANT* to.  I have
> a machine that runs Xenix on a 68000, but I don't brag about it.

	Actually I don't think that was his point either. He
specifically points out release 4 of AT&T Unix. It has already
been noted that 4 is much slower than 3, its predecessor. This
makes the speed more important.

>
> ----
>      F. Michael Theilig  -  The University of Rhode Island at Little Rest
>                            GWO110 at URIACC.Bitnet
>                            GKZ117 at URIACC.Bitnet
>
>"He is a borderline genius that experiences
> peridoic phases of abject stupidity."


	-- Ethan

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