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From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System programming for the Apple II (preferably the IIe)
Message-ID: <10918@claris.com>
Date: 8 Mar 90 23:17:30 GMT
References: <6673@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <6673@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by ccastjr@prism.gatech.EDU (COOOOoooooOOOoooOOOKIE!!!!):
> 
> Lately I've been wondering about a few things:
> 
>      Considering there are C compilers (well, atleast one) for the Apple II,
> how possible is it to write the "assembly only" sections of unix, and then 
> compile the C sources for unix on a Apple II?  I know it would require some
> of the heavy dute memory expansions that AE makes for the apple II, but still..
> I'm still using apple dos 3.3...I don't think I'd be terribly upset at having
> to buy a large chunk of memory for my machine..
> 
> John
> 
> --
Unfortunately, it's not quite so simple.  UNIX has it's own disk format.
UNIX wants protected memory.  UNIX would like hardware virtual memory.
UNIX also would be much easier to run with linearly-addressable memory.

One of my friends and I (Scott Lindsey) talked about this.  Porting UNIX
to the IIGS would be very difficult and time consuming; porting to the
IIe would be virtually impossible.
 
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