Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!ogicse!pdxgate!eecs!griffith
From: griffith@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Michael Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX
Message-ID: <141@pdxgate.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 90 03:24:06 GMT
References: <1238@acf5.NYU.EDU> <1990Sep23.200522.29223@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Sep24.003956.23964@lavaca.uh.edu>
Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP
Lines: 23

jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

>In article <1990Sep23.200522.29223@ecst.csuchico.edu> mrush@cscihp.UUCP writes:
>>	Also, how is it going to be DISTRIBUTED (tape, floppy, etc.) and what
>>additional hardware is required (besides an A2620/30 or A3000) to run it?

>Why couldn't it run on an A2000HD?  Or an A2000, for that matter.
>Most miniroots for "real" unix machines are under 800K, that leaves
>you with another floppy for everything else. :-)

It will almost definitely need a 68020 with MMU or a 68030 (built-in MMU) to
provide memory protection and virtual memory.

>--
>J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120
>Internet: jet@uh.edu
>Bitnet: jet@UHOU
>Skate UNIX(r)


| Michael Griffith                     | If I had an opinion it certainly   |
| griffith@eecs.ee.pdx.edu             | wouldn't be the same one as        |
| ...!tektronix!psueea!eecs!griffith   | Portland State University anyways. |