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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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