UNIX on Amiga 500?

[David S. Masterson]

>>>>> On 16 Mar 91 21:00:58 GMT, jet at karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend")
>>>>> said:

Eric> In <1991Mar9.231842.20395 at jack.sns.com> jtanner at jack.sns.com (Jason
Eric> Tanner) writes:

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

Eric> Unix-PCs (aka 3b1's and 7300's) had a 68010, not a 68000.  There's a big
Eric> difference.  The 3b1 also had memory protection (to the point that if
Eric> you want to direct-write into graphics memory you have to do a hardware
Eric> hack).

I don't know for sure, but I believe the original Unix-PC was a 68000.  That's
what differentiated it from the 3B1 (which was a 68010).  However, when the
bottom dropped out on the price, the product lines merged.  Don't know about
the memory protection on either model, though.
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