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3 total messages Started by Jeffries S R Fri, 22 Feb 1991 12:02

#113

Author: Jeffries S R
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 1991 12:02

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Can someone tell me if Acorn are going to release a version of Unix
for the non-unix machines.  How about Minix used by the amiga or a better
version, surely it would not be too difficult to transfer the R260's Unix
to a normal archimedes? I understand that unix needs memory i dont mind getting
a bigger harddisc and more memory if thats what it takes!

Does anyone know anything about the mac emulator in PD is it the same
one as the amiga uses?

Will the new version of the desktop allow non-desktop screens to be displayed
in a window like the PC's Windows 3.  Surely with the power of the arc it can
do scaling of a program into a window in real time.

Re: unix for all

#115

Author: Emmet Spier
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 1991 14:47

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With reference to the questions about the Mac emulator for the Amiga and
the 'new' PC emulator :-

The mac emulator for the Amiga (a least the few I have heard about) use
bits of hardware, what's more the Amiga is based on the same processor as the
Mac, so the problem is not with the emulation of the processor, more the
emulation of the i/o and most importantly, what makes a mac, the mac OS (this
is what I think the hardware is for - that and driving a mac disc drive)

As to the Pc emulator - I have heard (err vapourware?) about a PC em that runs
in a window & is at least as fast as the old one (I think only an awkward
screen mode was implemented & involved using outline fonts which would slow
the the emulation down!) - well dream on!!

Cheers Emm
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Re: unix for all

#116

Author: Graham Toal
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 1991 01:12

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In article <1991Feb22.120201.19092@kingston.ac.uk> cs_b151@kingston.ac.uk (Jeffries S R) writes:
>Can someone tell me if Acorn are going to release a version of Unix
>for the non-unix machines.  How about Minix used by the amiga or a better
>version, surely it would not be too difficult to transfer the R260's Unix
>to a normal archimedes? I understand that unix needs memory i dont mind getting
>a bigger harddisc and more memory if thats what it takes!

Albert - what's the story with Minix's kernel stuff? In particular
the device drivers (floppy, scsi) and the terminal driver?  I was
wondering whether now that Mach has been publicly released, if we
might put up the Mach kernel using a lot of the work done for Minix,
and then when GNU Unix becomes available we could have a full unix
for A440's for free.   [Roll on RISC OS GCC...]

Graham
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