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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comments on future ASDG products (68020)
Message-ID: <280@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 2-Apr-87 10:41:11 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.280
Posted: Thu Apr  2 10:41:11 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Apr-87 10:31:21 EST
References: <6043@amdahl.UUCP> <1279@sfsup.UUCP>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
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In article <1279@sfsup.UUCP> perry@sfsup.UUCP writes:
>Most people's desire to  have an MMU option on the 20XI stem's from their de-
>sire not to close off options  should some entity actually port a larger o.s.
>to the 20X series. If the MMU option is there, people  feel some unkown party
>will not be able to  resist the temptation of porting some larger o.s. to the 
>Amiga at some future time. (a sort  of chicken before the egg dealie true but
>the rational is that if the MMU  option is there, someone will ultimately use
>it).
>
>(is convergent technologies or unisoft listening?)

I can assure you that Unisoft would be fully *capable* of porting their
brand of Unix to an Amiga 2000, set up with a 68020/68851 card and hard disk,
within about 6 to 8 weeks after receipt of hardware.  When I worked there,
they were just starting to get interested in "speculative ports", rather
than their bread and butter "prepaid contractual ports".  Whether or not
they would decide to go ahead with such a port is something I obviously
have no knowledge about now, as many things have changed in the last year.

For an unknown and untried MMU (I.E. custom MMU for C-A's own 68020 board)
the porting time and costs are dramatically increased, thus I would be
surprised if they would port Unix to that configuration on a "speculation"
basis.
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