trimble@leadsv.UUCP (Gary Trimble) (12/29/85)
For all those skeptics that cannot believe that the ST can't support UNIX, I suggest you look over the Hewlett-Packard 68000 based computer line. The Series 200 can run hpux (purported to be system V with bsd enhancements) in as little as 1 Mbyte of memory and a 10 Mbyte Winchester (sound familiar?). They support a ROM based UNIX in a PORTABLE! The largest problem with hpux is the licensing fee (to satisfy AT&T) which is passed on to the buyer. I don't remember any special memory management hardware in these machines. Again, these are single-user implementations of UNIX and may not support some of the features which dictate the need for memory management hardware. As a user of these systems, I look forward to a ST-UNIX box (atux?).
dsmith@hplabsc.UUCP (David Smith) (01/08/86)
> For all those skeptics that cannot believe that the ST > can't support UNIX, I suggest you look over the Hewlett-Packard > 68000 based computer line. The Series 200 can run hpux (purported to > be system V with bsd enhancements) in as little as 1 Mbyte of memory > and a 10 Mbyte Winchester (sound familiar?). They support a ROM based > UNIX in a PORTABLE! The largest problem with hpux is the licensing > fee (to satisfy AT&T) which is passed on to the buyer. I don't remember > any special memory management hardware in these machines. They've got memory management. Series 300 (68010 or 68020 processor) pages, series 200 (68000) swaps, and the IPC (Integral PC -- the portable) (68000) simply relocates, since it was designed to run without (as well as with) a hard disk. > Again, these > are single-user implementations of UNIX and may not support some of > the features which dictate the need for memory management hardware. They are multi-user systems, except for the portable. David Smith ucbvax!hplabs!dsmith