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From: rbabel@babylon.rmt.sub.org (Ralph Babel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: UNIX on Amiga 500?
Message-ID: <06617.AA06617@babylon.rmt.sub.org>
Date: 16 Mar 91 21:48:32 GMT
References: <1991Mar9.231842.20395@jack.sns.com> <9103120946.56@rmkhome.UUCP> <8772@gollum.twg.com>
Reply-To: cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!babylon!rbabel (Ralph Babel)
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In article <8772@gollum.twg.com>, david@twg.com (David S.
Herron) writes:

> Well.. there is MINIX, and it runs on stock 500's and
> 2000's.  (or so the box claimed, I doubt it's using any
> speshul features of the newer machines meaning that it
> "should" work on a 1000...)

It does run on an A1000.

> The Amiga Minix packages includes disks with binaries on
> it and source listings (not source on disk ;-( ... sigh!).

Source code (except for the C compiler) is also on disk.

> Doesn't mention UUCP!

No UUCP included in standard package.

The current release will only run on a plain 68000-based
Amiga, it only supports NTSC-sized, non-interlaced character
display (it does run on PAL machines, though). Current MINIX
floppy driver is a total mess - doesn't adhere to the timing
specs as defined in the hardware manual. I did not yet find
a floppy drive it wouldn't generate errors on.

Ralph