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- From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
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- Subject: Re: A3/4000UX
- Message-ID: <boinger.09ul@myamy.hacktic.nl>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 19:54:51 MET
- References: <1993Jan23.005338.241@ida.liu.se>
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- In article <1993Jan23.005338.241@ida.liu.se> d92thoan@odalix.ida.liu.se (Thorbjorn Andersson) writes:
- > I know that there's a A3000UX, but I've also heard
- > that you must have a certain chip in your machine in
- > order to run UNIX. Is that correct, and if so,
- > what kind of chip is that? Could it be a MMU-chip
- > since UNIX uses 'paged memory'? But there's always
- > a MMU in a MC68030? (Except for MC68EC030, but
- > those aren't in the A3000?)
-
- You earned a cigar.. yes, it is an MMU chip and even more closely
- an 030 or equivalent MMU chip... :-)
-
- > Another rumour says that there's no such thing as A4000UX?
-
- And another cigar. You're one a streak here. :-)
-
- > Is it anyway possible to install UNIX on a A4000?
-
- AFAIK at the moment it is not. It seems AMIX is not happy with the
- MMU on the 68040 and refuses to function. Maybe C= will bring out
- an A4000 Amix or a Linux port will be done shortly that will work
- with the A4000/040. Latest news is that Minix doesn't work either.,
- Seems to be the same MMU problems... :-(
-
- CYa, Paul
-
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