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#Requisites and where….

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#47836From: Mack WallaceAug 12, 1995 10:17 AM
I am looking for an Amiga to set up UNIX on… I have had very little contact with Amigas though and I don't know which Amigas will run UNIX, what I need for it, and where to get an Amiga… I know that the Amiga 3000 will run UNIX… I looked in the classifieds, but there weren't any Amiga 3000's all there was was a 2000… will that run UNIX? Mack Wallace
#47838From: Werner KazmierzakAug 12, 1995 1:43 PM
Mack, if you wantm to run the original Amiga Unix on the machine, so yes, it can be run on an A2000, if it is equipped with an accellerator card (either C= A2620 or C= A2630), and a C= A2091 SCSI-controller. You will need a QIC-150 (e.g. C= A3070) streamer to install it. – wkc – … via AP from Hamburg, Germany
#48406From: M.I.LOct 5, 1995 5:53 AM
Mack, I think I am right in saying that whatever Amiga you decide to use is it must have an MMU. i.e. anything with an 'EC' chip will not work. For example I have a 2000 with a GVP-GForce '030 card but because its the 40Mhz version it has an MC68030EC. Whereas the 50Mhz version has a 'proper' chip…. Hope this helps. Paul.
#48564From: Terry NightingaleOct 19, 1995 6:55 PM
Might I ask why your Unix platform has to be amiga. If it is a question of running unix on any available platform, there sure are a lot more PC's readily available.