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From: bmarcum@iglou1.iglou.com (Bill Marcum)
Subject: Re: Old Fortune 32:16 eunics system
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In article <51adem$neu@news1.ni.net>, MUD Administrator wrote:
>: The problem with standard Unix may be their use of a 68000 vs
>: a 68010. The 68000 won't restart instructions correctly, which
>: is tricky on a paged system.
>Are these two CPUs pin-compatible?
>
They are pin-compatible, but not completely software-compatible (the stack
frames generated by an interrupt are different).  The Tandy 6000 Xenix
system used a 68000 processor, and the last release of the OS had some
hidden software on the disks, including a kernel for the 68010.

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Bill Marcum    bmarcum@iglou.com
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside a dog, it's too
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