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From: turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: unix on the 520st (why there is none)
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Date: Thu, 19-Dec-85 08:34:35 EST
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> 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

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i wouldn't bet my terminal too quickly, there WILL be a unix
available from Atari and it will be AT&T V7, but not for the ST. The
above reasons while not vital are critical enough to make it too
difficult to do. The Atari port will be for the TFM machine and your
timeframe is about right, nothing is set in concrete but it will be
a black box with a 68020 (i hope) or a 32032 in it and it will use
the ST as an intelligent front end, windowing terminal etc.

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