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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
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Subject: Re: UNIX on Amiga 500?
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Date: 16 Mar 91 21:00:58 GMT
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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?

Unix-PCs (aka 3b1's and 7300's) had a 68010, not a 68000.  There's a big
difference.  The 3b1 also had memory protection (to the point that if
you want to direct-write into graphics memory you have to do a hardware
hack).



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