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In Reply to this Note From: <Nicholas Yue>
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>I sincerely would like to help in speeding up the RSN state of GNU's kernel.
>But how can I help as a PC owner??????
>
>nicholas@woylie.cs.uwa.oz.au
>

What kind of PC do you have?  If it a 386, then all you need is more
RAM and a big hard disk to run Unix.  If it is a 286, you can also
run Unix, but cannot (at this time) run Dos applications simultaneously.
If it an 8088, then you should upgrade if you want to do serious
work with Unix.

There is a mailing list dealing with the work in progress on the Mach
kernel.  If you need help getting the address, let me know.  They
are only supporting the 386 at this time, so if you have a 286, you
may want to upgrade.  There is an adapter made by the SOTA company
that will plug into your 286 socket to convert it to a 386.

contains code derived from AT&T sources.  You can get the non-AT&T
portion free, but it will not work as-is.  They are working on
eliminating all traces of AT&T code.  The replacement of those
portions are exactly the king of work that is needed at this
time, so you can be a help.

I have not heard the FSF formally endorse Mach as the GNU kernel.

I suspect that the largest obstacle to a full GNU operating system
will be the development of device drivers for the many systems
to be supported.  The individual manufacturers have a great 
advantage to being "in-house" to get the necessary information
to write these drivers.  I suspect that any contributions in this
are would be welcome.  

I think a priority should be for a "device driver skeleton" to
be developed, to streamline the process of developing additional
drivers.

I support the 80386 as an initial target architecture for GNU, 
since it is possible to get a full system for much less than
the cost of incompatible systems.  -David-

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