Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!metapro!bernie From: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: UNIX on Amiga 500? Message-ID: <1991Mar16.030830.28761@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Date: 16 Mar 91 03:08:30 GMT References: <1991Mar9.231842.20395@jack.sns.com> Organization: MetaPro Systems, Perth, Western Australia Lines: 25 In <1991Mar9.231842.20395@jack.sns.com> jtanner@jack.sns.com (Jason Tanner) writes: > A friend told me it is possible to run UNIX (Sys V) On an Amiga 500 since >it uses a 68000 processor like an AT&t Unix-PC. This is an exciting prospect! >Is this true? If so what company manufactures it? The real "magic" you'll need is an MMU! The AT&T UNIX-PC (aka 3b1, aka PC 7300(?)) had a simple memory protection circuit which prevented writes to the lowest 4 locations of memory (if I recall correctly) after reboot. There was no other hardware memory protection. Also, *ALL* the device drivers will need to be re-written, a somewhat ominous task. Not to mention the price of the System V source code. I suggest that you look at Minix instead. It's not SysV. Given enough time and money, you can get UNIX to run on almost as many hardware platforms as Oracle. -- Bernd Felsche, _--_|\ #include Metapro Systems, / sale \ Fax: +61 9 472 3337 328 Albany Highway, \_.--._/ Phone: +61 9 362 9355 Victoria Park, Western Australia v Email: bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au