old box contest [was Re: [SC.LUG] Damn!]

[Richard Smedley]

Ian Molton wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:24:50 -0000 (GMT)
>"Richard Smedley" <richard@sc.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>>Well I don't think I can win here, but I'm about to
>>get my hands on an Amiga500 (I hope), to play around
>>with assembler.
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>I thoguht the 500 had no MMU ?
>
I've no idea. After I built my ZX81 I didn't get another
computer 'til I got my Psion 3a. That was 16-bit, so
I had to wait 'til I got a brace of unwanted 486s to run
*nix at home

The whole thing is a voyage of discovery for me :-)

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Hold on, I've just done a search - and followed it up
with a chat with the former editor of Amiga Format :-)


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>if so, you will need to run uClinux on it.
>

You're absolutely right about this. uClinux should be fine
- however I understand that most A500s ended up
fitted with expansion (acceleration) boards - the majority
of which carried chips with MMUs.

If this one doesn't have one I imagine they are cheaply
available second hand.

I'm learning lots already - and I haven't even got my hands
on the box, yet :-)

- Richard

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