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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX
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Date: 24 Sep 90 17:44:24 GMT
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In article <1990Sep24.003956.23964@lavaca.uh.edu> I wrote:
>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.

Oh duh.  I forgot.  No MMU.

As for all of the "a 68000 isn't fast enough for UNIX" replies,
I've used plenty of 68000 based UNIX machines, so it is possible.

Hell, I've two-user pre-emptive multitasked on a 6809 running at 1Mhz.
It *is* possible to multitask on a slow chip.  It's just painful
sometimes.

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