Jupiter J12

[Pete Turnbull]

On Apr 18 2005, 19:57, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> On 4/18/05, Dave Dunfield <dave04a at dunfield.com> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I was just contacted by a guy asking if I have any info on this
> > computer called "Jupiter J12":
> >
> > http://www.geocities.com/australianvintcomp/Jupiter/Jupiter.html

> That sure looks like Qbus fingers on those boards... it would be odd
> to copy DEC's proportions and not their bus logic, but that's
entirely
> possible.
>
> With a 68010 CPU, that screams "UNIX" to me (the differences between
> the 68000 and 68010 make virtual memory implementation practical.

That's what Cadmus (German CAD systems producer) did with their 680x0
boards; they fit in a normal QBus chassis, use standard QBus
peripherals, and run UNIX.  I've never owed one, but I've (briefly)
used them.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
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						University of York