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From: rer@hpfclj.HP.COM (Rob Robason)
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Subject: Re: HP equipment for sale (and mailer problems)
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Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 16:24:07 EDT
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> Since the 9816 has a 68000 inside it, I suppose it's possible that
> someone with time to spare and some amount of wizardry might be able
> to get one of the 68000-based versions of UNIX running on it, but I
> have no idea how hard this would be, or whether it's even feasible.
> HP asserts that UNIX can't run on the 9816, claiming that at least
> a megabyte is required (our 9816 allegedly has the maximum that can
> be put onto one).  However, I'm not sure that I'm ready to believe
> that there's no 68000-based UNIX around that will run on less than
> a megabyte.  HP does say that a hard disk can be put on the 9816.

The 9816 has no memory management unit, which is why UNIX was never
offered on the system.  Any UNIX system run on it would have to do
memory management in software.

Rob Robason