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- From: fkrj@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Benjamin Kenobi)
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- Subject: UNIX running AmigaOS?
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 18:10:07 GMT
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- Here's a thought I had about AmigaOS and UNIX running concurrently. I've heard
- that there was at one time a project to develop a UNIX system which would
- multitask with AmigaOS. This sounds neat, but there would probably be a lot
- of work involved in rewriting the UNIX source code. Here's my thought:
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- Wouldn't it make more sense to take say NetBSD or Linux for Amiga and then
- rewrite the much smaller amiga Exec to run under NetBSD/Linux?
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- Maybe even in this situation, AmigaOS would automatically have virtual memory
- as a result of Exec using the UNIX kernel routines.
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- You could even have the UNIX frame-buffer appear as an amiga screen that
- you could flip and drag.
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- Just thought I'd throw this out and see what comments arise.
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- Dan
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