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From: Jonathan Michaels
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 00:00

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Karl MAFTOUM wrote in a message to All:

 KM> : i have a friend who has a macintosh, it is a basic
machine lcii :

 KM> IIci = 68030 CPU

sorry my eye hand co-ordination playing up again.

interesting .. i might keep an eye out for the odd resonably
priced seconnhabd one.

 KM> Check out shadow.cabi.net and look in the archives section
for the
 KM> latest on Linux/Mac68k 

i don't suppose they have an ftp archive ? mu connectivity is
limitted to demand dial uucp.

 KM> what is called a apple mac classic .. it has appletalk, an
:

 KM> The problem with a Mac Classic is that it is a 68000
processor
 KM> (just a big Mac Plus really) and has no MMU, which means
there is
 KM> no memory protection etc and therefore cannot run Linux .
If you
 KM> just want to play with unix there is MacMinix but it is
very
 KM> limited.

sort of like a short swuat terminal in glorouse light light
blue and white

thanks, karl, you time is appreciated

regards ... jonathan

EMail: jlm@caamora.com.au

 ... i do all i can, with what i have, are you able to say the
same ?



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