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- From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Unix on GS
- Message-ID: <bazyar.712369321@teal>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 00:22:01 GMT
- References: <9207231520.AA11682@atl.calstate.edu> <1992Jul24.141839.20565@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- cdouglas@nyx.cs.du.edu (Collin Broadrick Douglas) writes:
-
- >lpowell@ATL.CALSTATE.EDU (Larry Powell) writes:
-
- >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).
-
- Well, that's one reason. The major reason GNO is an extension to GS/OS
- is because we wanted to allow you to use existing software, compilers,
- development utilities, and take advantage of GS/OS's wonderful multi-filesystem
- capabilities, including networking, etc.
-
- >I would personally like to see a port of Minix to the GS. Gno is great but it
- >does have its limitations.
-
- Minix can't be ported directly due to hardware differences. What you'd
- end up with is GNO, except that programs could not be larger than 64K.
-
- What we need to do a true blue *NIX is virtual memory.
-
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