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- From: cdouglas@nyx.cs.du.edu (Collin Broadrick Douglas)
- Subject: Re: Unix on GS
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.141839.20565@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <9207231520.AA11682@atl.calstate.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 14:18:39 GMT
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- lpowell@ATL.CALSTATE.EDU (Larry Powell) writes:
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-
- > How hard would it be to put some version of Unix onto a GS (or
- >even other 2's :-) ) as the primary operating system? Not on top of
- >GSOS like GNO is (I think ??), but rather as THE operating system.
- > It probably would not even act like an Apple2 any more but I
- >was just curious. :-(
- > What are the requirements to run Unix?
- >--Larry Powell lpowell@atl.calstate.edu
-
- I think this has been discussed before with the general conclusion that it
- would be possible (lenghty). The GS could do it (about as well as a 286
- based PC).
-
-
- I would personally like to see a port of Minix to the GS. Gno is great but it
- does have its limitations.
-