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- From: "Bruce R. McFarling" <ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: What is a bare bones A1200 Linux set-up?
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 03:55:29 GMT
- Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle
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- ahcson@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (That Tree Piggy) wrote:
- >In article <4k7vtq$ihn@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>,
- [I wrote]
- >>I understand
- >>that Linux/m68k won't run on a stock 1200, no matter how big the
- >>hard drive, due to use of the 'EC' version of the 68020. What would be
- >>a basic set-up that would permit an Amiga 1200 to run Linux, and how
- >>much would it add to the cost of an A1200?
-
- > I am not sure what is missing on an 'EC' '020, but from
- > what i remember of the FAQ is that Linux/m68k will run on
- > an '020, but you'd need an MMU and an FPU. I think the
- > FAQ mentions that 4 megs of fast ram are recommended for
- > a usable system (8 megs if you want X)
-
- Aha! 'EC' means that it doesn't have an MMU nor an FPU, and
- without the sockets on the motherboard it never will. Except for, of
- course, an accelerator card that happens to have the right accelerator.
- Which (now I know, then I didn't) is the gist of my question: what is a
- good processor card to add to a 1200 to permit it to run Linux/m68k? (I
- already have been told to try for one with 32bit RAM expansion on board,
- but so far, no brand names)?
-
- Virtually,
-
- Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW
- ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au
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