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- From: k125374@korppi.cs.tut.fi (Mika Kortelainen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: What's in a 3000 UX? (Or NetBDS/Linux v. Amiga Unix)
- Date: 26 Feb 1996 20:59:08 GMT
- Organization: Tampere University of Technology (CS)
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- "Antti J. Roppola" <ajr@henric.nric.gov.au> writes:
- >1) Will Amiga Unix run on my (rather souped up[1]) 1200?
- > AFAIK the 3000 does things like boot kickstart from floppy,
- > so if Amiga Unix needs this facility, I'll be in trouble.
-
- I'd say no, it won't work. At least I have the feeling that it was
- done more or less directly for A3000 and needs A3000 badly (e.g.
- A3000's SCSI controller).
-
- >2) Assuming Amiga Unix will run on my 1200, is it worth the effort?
- > This is considering the relative levels of support between say
- > NetBSD compared to Amiga Unix, I may be better of building NetBSD
- > or Linux.
-
- I'd suggest you install NetBSD or Linux, they both work nicely (of
- course, it depends on your A1200's expansions if it actually works
- _now_ but there is support for most popular turbos and more is coming).
- My Linux experiences are nearly none (I just booted it to see if it
- works on my A3000 with Warp Engine - it worked so probably I'll install
- it when I buy a new drive), but I've had NetBSD for about a year and it
- works nicely.
-
- Just my thoughts...
-
- Mika Kortelainen
-