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From: archetyp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph R Pickert)
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Subject: Re: MINIX and 68030
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Date: 25 Sep 90 14:05:23 GMT
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KPURCELL@liverpool.ac.uk (Kevin Purcell) writes:

>>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.
>>
>>Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

>This is presumably not true of the mac version, as it runs on top of the
>Mac Toolbox/OS, which hides the true machine. I expect (remebered from an
>earlier post?) that Minix will run on all Macs from Plus to IIfx. Is this
>true?

Yes, although there were no claims about the IIfx, since I didn't have
access to that machine. IN THEORY, however, it should run on a IIfx. The
same can be said about the laptop.

Joe Pickert