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From: vix@ubvax.UB.Com (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: ZUpGrade Series - Part 1
Message-ID: <4275@ubvax.UB.Com>
Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 17:57:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 25 17:57:23 1987
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Summary: UNIX with ad'tl S-100 CPU?  tell me more - please!

In article <12353175450.14.GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA> GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA
	(Gern) writes:
>
>Zenith H/Z-100 Upgrade Series       Part 1                        23-NOV-87
>INFO-HZ100                                                             Gern

This is a great article.  I had a Z-100, though I donated it to my
family's business a while back... I can recover it easily enough,
though, if this statement bears out:

>Other
>operating systems such as UNIX have been implemented using other S-100  CPU
>cards  on  the  Z-100.

The Z-100 had one of the nicest keyboards I've ever used.  If I could run
UNIX on it, I would consider adding hard disks and whatnot and trying to
use it again.

Can anyone fill me in on the details of UNIX for the Z-100?  I assume that
I would need a 68000 coprocessor or something, but I'd like to know:

	what CPU?  From whom, and for how much?
	what UNIX?  BSD is too much to hope for, but what CAN I expect?
	what other hardware is supported?  (serial port boards, etc)

If I receive mail on this, I will summarize to the net (or mailing list,
for those of you not on USENET/inet).

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Paul Vixie
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