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From: FAUSETT@radc-tops20.arpa
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Subject: Re: Amiga Dealers/Commodore
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Date: 29 Jul 88 13:52:08 GMT
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In article <2353@sugar.uu.net>, peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:

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> OS/9 doesn't have fork(). This is why OS/9 can run on small 68000 based
> systems with no MMU, like the Amiga, and UNIX can't.

I don't think this is entirely true;  I used to have a Callan Unistar 100
on my desk running UN*X.  It was MC68000 based, with 512K ram, and no MMU.
It *would* crash once in a while, but not too frequently.

Mark Fausett
arpa:  fausett@radc-tops20.arpa
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