jra1@ra.MsState.Edu (Jeffrey R. Allegrezza) (05/07/90)
I am very interested in getting unix for my amiga, but I have a few questions. I have a 2000 with the 1 meg agnes and 2 meg of fast ram, and two floppies. Is this enough to run unix? Do I need a hard drive and/or a faster cpu, etc? Also, since I am thinking of getting a hard drive anyway, do you have any suggestions on the best drive and controller to get? Price is a factor here. jeff (jra1@Ra.mmstate.edu)
bscott@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Ben Scott) (05/07/90)
In article <406@ra.MsState.Edu> jra1@ra.MsState.Edu (Jeffrey R. Allegrezza) writes: >I am very interested in getting unix for my amiga, but I have a few questions. > >I have a 2000 with the 1 meg agnes and 2 meg of fast ram, and two floppies. >Is this enough to run unix? Do I need a hard drive and/or a faster cpu, etc? Sure, it'll work fine. Don't believe all those who say that just because Unix is about 40 megs that you need a HD because of it; if you can't handle a little disk swapping now and then you shouldn't be here in the first place. Also, those namby-pamby wimps who need memory protecion just so their systems won't crash are just whining little dweebs... an occaisional GURU does a CPU good, cleans out all the gunk, you know. And the 68000 is plenty fast enough. It was released only 11 years ago, after all; if you're so impatient you gotta have a new CPU every single decade then I don't know what we're going to do with you. (just releasing all the natural sarcasm that builds up inside me on occaision; if I don't post it I usually spout off to someone in person and get beat up) . <<<<Infinite K>>>> Please note my .sig file; this account is dissappearing for the summer: -- |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |Available at FIDO address 1:104/421.2 & the Arvada 68K BBS at (303)424-9831| |THIS ADDRESS WILL BE INVALID AFTER 5-17! Use bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu instead.| |*Real* programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas because DEC 25 = OCT 31!| -- |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |Available at FIDO address 1:104/421.2 & the Arvada 68K BBS at (303)424-9831| |"Racket? That's BRAHMS! Brahms' Third Racket!" - Basil Fawlty/John Cleese| |"Tell him yes on one and no on two." - Buckaroo Banzai | *AMIGA POWER!* |42|