UNIX on Amiga 500?

[Travis Bissett]

jtanner at jack.sns.com (Jason Tanner) writes:

>     A friend told me it is possible to run UNIX (Sys V) On an Amiga 500 since
> it uses a 68000 processor like an AT&t Unix-PC.  This is an exciting prospect
> Is this true? If so what company manufactures it?
> -- 

The way I hear it, SVr4 requires and Amiga with a 68020 and enough ram -- 
the 68000 will not support SVr4. There are probably versions of Unix, some 
no doubt a flavor of System V, that'll run on a 68000 machine with hard 
drive. Dale Luck was rumored to have one when he was developing X-Windows 
for the Amiga. Perhaps a SunOS from 1982 could be hacked onto an A500? 
Whatever, you and I and your friend can't get such things since these were 
never commercially released. I believe Minix is available, and maybe OS/9 -- 
but why would your friend want them? What application is available for these 
bloated, slow operating systems that AmigaDOS can't do better and faster and 
a lot cheaper? 


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