Running different OSes on classic hardware (Re: Re installing XP on Sony)

[Mark Davidson]

On Mar 6, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Doc Shipley wrote:

> Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 10:08:09 +0000, Gordon JC Pearce 
>> <gordon at gjcp.net> wrote:
>
>> This case aside, though, I basically agree with Tony's assertion that
>> one should run a classic OS on classic hardware - why put NetBSD on an
>> Amiga when one can run AmigaDOS?  It takes something out of the
>> 'classicalness', IMHO.
>
>   Or Amiga UNIX....
>
>   I did get Amiga UNIX(R) v2.1 installed from tape and running on an 
> A3000 last week, but the A2500 spits a kernel panic late in the kernel 
> load during install.  I didn't have time to do much debugging at all, 
> but the v2.01, v2.03, and v2.1 boot/root floppies died at the same 
> point.
>
>   It's an interesting SysVR4 implementation, to say the least.  :)  On 
> a loaded A3000 (16MB ZIP RAM, 2MB chip RAM) it's also surpisingly 
> snappy.
>
>
Oh man, I would *love* to have AmigaUnix running on an Amiga... that is 
one VERY difficult thing to find.  You know, Unix ran for years on very 
"low-level" hardware and has usually been very snappy.  Take a look at 
the original NeXT machines... the fastest NeXT was a 33 MHz 68040 and 
it was very responsive.   I have an old AT&T box that runs AT&T Unix 
and I know it can't be faster than 30 MHz, and yet it runs Oracle!

Mark