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- From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon - Future
- Message-ID: <37831@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 19:15:25 GMT
- References: <A43179@K.maus.de> <921206483@ritz.mordor.com> <723856948.23343@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <723856948.23343@minster.york.ac.uk> mjl-b@minster.york.ac.uk (Mathew Lodge) writes:
- > In article <921206483@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
- > >Yes, it does exist. The only problem is that you have to sell your car
- > >to pay for it. Who in their right mind is going to buy a low-budget
- > >computer like an Atari TT and then go out and spend roughly the same
- > >amount (plus or minus US$500 or so) for an operating system? It just doesn't
- > >make any sense. That is our old "friend" Atari...snatching defeat from
- > >the jaws of victory again.
- > >
- > >If you have a 3/486 machine, you can get unix for FREE! Yes, for FREE!
- > >Hop over to your nearest mirror site and get (using anon FTP) BSD386
- > >or Linux. Both come with full SOURCE. If you want something a little
- > >more polished, try Mark Williams Co's (Remember them? They used to
- > >develop for Atari.) Coherent for the tune of US$99.
- >
- > Ah, Chris. Good to see you back.
- >
- > The thing about Atari ASV is that is ASV -- Atari System V. That means that
- > you can buy off-the-shelf SysV 68K binaries and they'll run on your TT. This
- > is better for people who want to do serious Unix work, rather than compile
- > other sources.
-
- Is it ABI complient? Are there any off the shelf binaries available?
-
- > I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with compiling your own source,
- > or indeed playing about with Unix. It's just that ASV is aimed at a
- > different market.
- >
- > What's more, the same company that did the Atari Unix port also did the
- > Amiga SysV port, and the Mac SysV port.
-
- Since Commodore did their own System V port for the Amiga, the above is
- pretty bogus...
-
- > You're right about the price tho'
-
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