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From: keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Unix V7 functionality under (or along with) AmigaDOS?  (*LONG*)
Message-ID: <14465@gryphon.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 89 08:47:03 GMT
References: <6406@cbmvax.UUCP> <DEVEN.89Mar30052014@daniel.pawl.rpi.edu> <6464@cbmvax.UUCP> <3689@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Reply-To: keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle)
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In article <3689@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Why do you want the Amigix programs to be able to call a patched exec.library?
>I thought the idea was to provide an environment for programs to run in that
>has UNIX semantics. So your program is not gonna be making AmigaDOS calls in
>any case.

Perhaps we might want to provide a migration path for AmigaDOS applications
to run under UNIX.  Whatever level of AmigaDOS compatibility can be provided
will certainly be helpful, even if it is no more than implementing translation
calls.

BTW, what does the UNIX call look like to allocate CHIP ram vs FAST ram? :->

Keith Doyle
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