Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!xenitec!lemsys!clemon
From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Unix Hardware Requirements
Message-ID: <3771.658256162@lemsys.UUCP>
Date: Sat Nov 10 10:56:02 1990
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
In-Reply-To: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)

In a message posted on 7 Nov 90 23:52:22 GMT,
phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick) wrote:
PK>music@batman.moravian.EDU (The Phoenix) writes:
PK>
PK>>In article <9010300428.AA02321@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>, tjhayko@THUNDER.LAKEHEADU.CA writes:
PK>>> 
PK>>> 
PK>>> What are the hardware requirements of  Amiga  Unix?   I  have  an
PK>>> A2000 and I am wondering what I will need to run Unix on it.
PK>>>
PK>>As I understand it the 68030 is a _must_ and, possibly the full 32-bit
PK>>architecture of the A3000 as well.
PK>
PK>I saw the A3000UX demo that C= gave here, and they said that to run Unix
PK>you would need at least a 68020.
PK>
PK>-- 
PK>Phil Kernick                            EMail:  phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au

	While this may be true, I was always under the impression that
what was necessary was an MMU, and to get an MMU, you need (or generally
need, not sure) a 68020+.  I don't know whether you can get an MMU to work
with a 68000/10 or not.  Sorry.

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