[Wylug-discuss] Another little project

[Julian Church]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:40:46 +0000 (UTC), Peter Corlett
<abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:

> Martyn Ranyard <martyn at syn.co.uk> wrote:
>> This one's very cute, I promise :
>> Commodore Amiga A1200 - m68k chip
>
> A stock Amiga 1200 has a 68EC020 processor. That's a cost-reduced 68020
> CPU
> with only 24 address lines. The 68020 has no MMU or FPU.
>
>> Can run linux fine aparrently.
>
> No chance without a MMU. You need an acclerator board with a *full*
> 68030,
> '040, or '060. (i.e. the 68EC030 that shows up on some boards is not
> sufficient).
>

My first experience running Linux was Debian on a 68030 Mac (a IISi) and it
absolutely c-r-a-w-l-e-d.

BTW, If you really want to re-use a low-end system as a firewall, you might
want to have a look at the LEAF project http://leaf.sourceforge.net.  It's
i386 only, but the lowest practical spec is really low; roughly a 66MHz 486
with 16MB.

cheers

Julian
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