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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX and 68030
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Date: 24 Sep 90 14:34:52 GMT
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In article <90266.095514ST00482@auvm.auvm.edu> ST00482@auvm.auvm.edu (dan drake) writes:
>I've just been informed that MINIX will not run on an Amiga 3000 
I believe this is correct.  A 68030 has an MMU that must be set up properly.
None of the 68000 versions of MINIX even know such a gadget exists, let alone
setting it up correctly.  Even with that done, my intuition says that plenty
of other changes will be needed.  When Bruce Evans went from 8088 to 80286
protected mode for the IBM version, large number of changes were needed.
I think the 68000 to 68030 transition will be equally massive.  This gives
you a nice project for the coming year.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)