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From: dempsey@handel.colostate.edu. (Steve Dempsey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Papers on Layered UNIX systems like Apollo VRM, Apollo SR10, etc.
Summary: me too
Keywords: UNIX on virtual machine, VM
Message-ID: <371@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Date: 23 Sep 88 03:19:11 GMT
References: <164@leibniz.UUCP>
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In article <164@leibniz.UUCP> tpc@leibniz.UUCP (Tom Chmara) writes:
>Does anyone know where in the literature (USENIX proceedings, etc) I could
>find information on the pitfalls and difficulties in layering UNIX on a
>"Virtual machine"?  This VM would handle the native hardware, giving UNIX
  ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^         ^^

>a sanitized version of reality.  No, it's not my idea of a performance-
>oriented machine, but there is interest in building something like that
>here (small, fast nucleus offering services to UNIX and other OSes)
                   ^^^^^^^

>	Thanks for your time...
>		---tpc---
>-- 
>Tom Chmara			UUCP:  ..utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-di!leibniz!tpc

Hmmm... sounds like someone wants to run UN*X on IBM hardware.  This is
certainly an admirable goal.  I'm working on something along these lines,
but we all know IBM+UNIX=Vaporware :-), at least on a reasonably capable cpu.
My experience in searching for such literature as Tom is seeking has been
disappointing at best; perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places.  I would
also be interested in anything on the subject.

Steve
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