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From: jgh@root.co.uk (Jeremy G Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX
Summary: 68000 vmunix is possible
Message-ID: <591@root44.co.uk>
Date: 1 Jun 88 09:42:44 GMT
References: <211@laic.UUCP> <3663@cbmvax.UUCP> <1872@sugar.UUCP> <134@ssdis.UUCP> <237@obie.UUCP> <548@wsccs.UUCP>
Reply-To: jgh@root44.UUCP (Jeremy G Harris)
Organization: UniSoft Ltd, London, England
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In article <548@wsccs.UUCP> terry@wsccs.UUCP (Every system needs one) writes:
>....  Unf---ingortunately, Commodore had the idiocy to
>use a 68000 instead of a 68010 or 68020, just like Atari, so neither
>machine can properly support an MMU and are therefore not socketed, so the
>whole thing is moot, anyway.  There will never be a good vmunix for a
>68000.

Unless you do as one company ( Arete? I forget ) did, back in the early days
of 68000 unix systems, and use two 68000 processors.  The second one was used
purely for handling the page faults, while the primary processor was on hold.
68k chips are even cheaper now than they were then....

Cheers,
	Jeremy
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Jeremy Harris			jgh@root.co.uk