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From: jerry@TALOS.UUCP (Jerry Gitomer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: What 68000 systems run unix?
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Date: 16 Jan 91 16:34:49 GMT
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n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) writes:


:I know it's a BROAD question, but let me explain a little.

:I'd like to know which "small" 68000 computers run unix.  Maybe
:some kit 68k machines?  I know of 3b1's, suns (?).

:I'm looking for a cheap unix 68000 box.  Cheap meaning <<$1500, maybe <$1000.

:Thanks for any inside poop.
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:             | Brent Burton         | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu |
:             | Texas A&M University | brentb@nuchat.UUCP     |
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	If you are looking for something that -- to an
	applications programmer or user -- looks like UNIX I
	suggest that you look at MINIX.  Available from
	Prentice-Hall for $169.00 its internals are
	different from any known version of UNIX, but
	externally it looks like V7.  For the $169.00 you
	get the OS, "C" compiler, 175 utilities and
	functions *AND* you get (gasp) SOURCE CODE (gasp)
	for everything but the compiler and the EMACS
	look-a-like (you do get source for the vi
	look-a-like though).  

	Oh yes, you need an Atari-ST with 1 meg of ram and
	at least one floppy to run and should have 2 floppys
	and 2+ meg of ram if you would like to run Gnu's
	gcc.  (Also available for the Amiga, but I don't
	know the configuration requirements.)

	Hope this answers your questions.


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