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- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:37:09 +0300
- From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@dol-guldur.hut.fi>
- Message-Id: <199209030937.AA22970@dol-guldur.hut.fi>
- To: amiga-mach@appli.se
- Subject: Amiga Mach blurb: the first public release
- Sender: owner-amiga-mach@appli.se
- Status: OR
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- BLURB
- Subject: Amiga port of Mach MK74 available
-
- ======= WHAT?
-
- Mach MK74 is now ported to Commodore Amigas. The port works provably
- in a 25Mhz A3000 with AmigaDOS 2.04 in RAM with 4MB fast+2MB chip and
- also in an A2000 with a GVP combo ('030 33Mzh).
-
- ======= WHO?
-
- The port was done by Bryan Ford <bryanf@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>.
-
- bryan>
- OK, I got Mach rolled to MK74, cleaned up, and uploaded to your incoming
- I uploaded three files: 'mk74-ami.tar.Z', which is the full
- Mach distribution, minus the things that aren't needed (kernel debugger,
- i386 stuff, norma stuff, etc.), plus the Amiga stuff, plus ready-made
- MIG stub '.c' files. I decided to upload the whole thing because it
- would have become a real pain to keep track of things separately, especially
- after CMU rolls their archives to MK75 and beyond. The MIG stubs are there
- because they need tons of manual coaxing to get working under AmigaDOS.
- The archive contains a 'readme' file which briefly describes how to get things
- set up; I also uploaded the 'readme' file separately from the archive.
- The archive contains the beta-test-version docs for SIM 1.67, which is what
- machSIM is based on. The file 'SIM.lha' is the latest "normal" released
- SIM shareware distribution, just in case anyone needs it for some reason.
-
- ======= WHERE?
-
- The port is available by FTP from the following places:
-
- Australia monu1.cc.monash.edu.au:/pub/mach
- U.S. homeboy.wpi.edu:/pub/mach
- Europe ftp.funet.fi:/pub/mach/amiga (or /pub/amiga/mach, both work)
- ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/amiga/mach
-
- You will need the following files:
-
- size
-
- KludgeMach-README 8kB
- mk74-ami.tar.Z 321kB
-
- Also available are: *)
-
- MachSun3.tar.Z Mach kernel for Motorola Suns
- SIM.lha m68k kernel debugger
- bsdss5.tar.Z BSD single server
- mach030.tar.Z m68k Mach kernel
- poe9.tar.Z POE sources
- user18.tar.Z Mach user sources rev 18
- KludgeMach-<latest>.tar.Z mk74-ami patched by Niklas Hallquist
- (ver 0.003 is currently the latest)
-
- *) not necessarily in all of the sites yet, mirroring is done only once a day.
-
- ======= BEWARE!
-
- WARNING: the port is currently version 0.000000000000...
- Hardcore hacker attitude useful.
-
- ======= WHY?
-
- This message is sent to comp.sys.amiga.programmer, comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- and comp.os.mach to wake up any possible hidden reserves. Amiga port of
- Mach is working but still far from complete. Minor details such as
- an operating system are still missing. Volunteers for all kind of
- jobs are very welcome.
-
- - coordinators for various levels of the development work
- Michael Saleeba <zik.aurora.cc.monash.edu> has volunteered
- "to act as a clearing-house"
-
- - console device: Bryan Ford is working on this too
-
- - drivers: SCSI, WD33C92, WD33C93, Commodore 2065/2090/2091 expertise needed
- Amiga UNIX has many device drivers WITH sources. Their copyright
- status needs to be checked from Commodore. Ty Sarna
- <tsarna@endicor.com> has volunteered to try to contact C= and also
- GVP their drivers. Other 3rd party vendors like IVS could also use
- some questioning.
-
- - an OS :-) Work and queries are currently progressing on several fronts:
-
- BNR2SS/BSDSS: Michael Saleeba [Zik] <zik.aurora.cc.monash.edu>
-
- Berkeley Sprite: Ty Sarna <tsarna@fezzik.endicor.com>
-
- CMU POE:
- (not entirely free either???)
-
- Linux:
- the upper layers may be portable enough to make an UNIX server?
-
- 386BSD:
- as Linux
-
- - verification whether the port works on an '040
- - RDB (Rigid Block Standard)
- - AmigaOS emulator
- - contacts with C= technical people about hardware (and AmigaOS?)
-
- ======= HOW?
-
- Want more information? Join the mailing lists
-
- amiga-mach@appli.se
- machm68k@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
-
- by sending a subscribe message to
-
- amiga-mach-request@appli.se
- machm68k-request@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
-
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- ++jhi;
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