In message "None", dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca writes:

> >>>>> "John" == John Shardlow <john@iceberg.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> John> Hi dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca In
> John> <9512020145.aosl@jaywon.pci.on.ca> you wrote:
> >>  Actually, the timeline for Sun was: Sun1 and Sun2 (68000) then
> >> Sun3 (68020 and a few 030).  Then Sun made some i386 boxes.  Then
> >> Sun4 (sparc).
> 
> John> How did they run Unix on a 68000 processor? Did it have no
> John> virtual memory? If so maybe old versions of SunOS could run on
> John> any Amiga?
> 
> 	No such luck.  They had some form of MMU on it.  The 68000 was
> designed to run things like unix.  The innovation of the 68020 was to
> more tightly couple the MMU to the CPU.  However, there is nothing
> stopping you from inventing an MMU for any CPU.  At any rate, the
> Amiga doesn't have one.                                       ^^^
  ^^^^^	

	Which Amiga is that?   


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