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From: grr@unirot.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: unix on the 520st (why there is none)
Message-ID: <235@unirot.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 03:49:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 03:49:34 1985
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Summary: ST unix will come

In article <912@mcvax.UUCP>	 simon@mcvax.UUCP (Simon Kenyon) writes:

>	the 520st has no mmu
>	it has no memory protection
>	no relocation
>	therefore it cannot run unix
>	end of story
>	by unix i mean v6 or later

>	simon kenyon the national software centre dublin, ireland



Sorry, the above are very useful, but not *vital* to running unix,
especially on a personal computer.  I would bet my terminal that
there will be a unix port in six months to a year.  It might not be
full system V, but the idea and upward compatibility should be there.

The biggest obstacle to Unix on the ST is the gap between the people
with source licenses and the people who want to do things with ST's.

The simple hardware/sortware architecture of the ST should actually 
make it a much easier port than to the Amiga or Mac, since you are 
giving away less of the special features when you switch to the Unix
model.
-- 
George Robbins			uucp:	{unirot|tapa}!grr
P.O. Box 177
Lincoln U, PA  19352	[Any ideas herein are not responsible for themselves!]