Amiga Unix (Amix) and WinUAE

[Caratacas]

Hi,

Not sure if this will be of interest to everyone, but it certainly helped me while away a long dreary night shift, last night.

Toni Wilen has been working on the 68030 mmu emulation in WinUAE described in this thread:-

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67366

It's now possible to install Amix under WinUAE, with details in this thread:-

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67210

If you read these threads, and with the files from amigaunix.com, it's possible to install and run Amix 2.1 under winUAE beta release 4, obtained from the first thread, linked above.

I installed this last night and worked my way through the Learning Amiga Unix and Using Amiga Unix pdf's available from amigaunix.com, it was great fun, even though I'm not *nix person.

The end result was nothing startling, given the advances made in any modern OS, but the "getting there" was great fun.

 

[salaxi54]

Awesome news!

 

[ad-rs1600i]

That sounds cool - I'd love to take a look actually I soooo miss all the cool pipe utilities when play with my Amiga...

 

[salaxi54]

Had a little play with AMIX on UAE this past summer, and it really works.
But it sure looks like it could use some color! Anyway, Tony has emulated a certain C= monitor to enable this b&w environment, and i can't complain.
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/...MIGA/BOTS N STUFF/AMIXSCREEN1_zps59115d53.jpg
What i really wanted to know, is if any other members of Amibay have worked their way through AMIX with an RTG card on a real Amiga, or even on a UAE setup.

 

[Bats]

Unix is a disease.

 

[salaxi54]

Unix is a disease.

Well, in your eyes maybe, but these are opinions, and everyone has their own.. This is supposedly a technical thread, and as such, i'd appreciate it remains that way.

 

[Tahoe]

What i really wanted to know, is if any other members of Amibay have worked their way through AMIX with an RTG card on a real Amiga, or even on a UAE setup.

Yes, I have my A3000UX installed with an A2410 card which works fine in colour. The 3000 has the only compatible turbocard installed: Blizzard 4030. Also An ethernet card and multi serial board. Still have to look into netwerkinstellingen the thing though.

 

[Bats]

Unix is a disease.

Well, in your eyes maybe, but these are opinions, and everyone has their own.. This is supposedly a technical thread, and as such, i'd appreciate it remains that way.

Okay let's talk tech. Why does Amix need so much ram when the features are on par with amigaos? Does optional multi user take up 8 megs?

 

[salaxi54]

Okay let's talk tech. Why does Amix need so much ram when the features are on par with amigaos? Does optional multi user take up 8 megs?

Man, like i told you, this is a technical thread, and i know where you're taking it. The kind of 'technical' conversation of "mine's better than yours" is simply not what i'm looking for. Have you anything to suggest towards the discussion, any sort of an experience with Amix and RTG? Amix and UAE maybe? I could've been talking about flashing OBD II car brains, and it still would be technical. Yes, maybe Amix draws lots more of resources compared to Amiga OS, but this is not something i care about...

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Yes, I have my A3000UX installed with an A2410 card which works fine in colour. The 3000 has the only compatible turbocard installed: Blizzard 4030. Also An ethernet card and multi serial board. Still have to look into netwerkinstellingen the thing though.

Thanks for your reply Tahoe, i was hoping someone has some experience with various RTG cards other than the 'default' ready-to-run A2410
netwerkinstellingen? Do you mean you haven't achieved a networking setup?

 

[McVenco]

netwerkinstellingen? Do you mean you haven't achieved a networking setup?

I think "networking" was autocorrected into "netwerkinstellingen"

 

[salaxi54]

I think "networking" was autocorrected into "netwerkinstellingen"

Gotcha!
@Tahoe: have you seen this: http://amigaunix.com/tiki-index.php?page=Networking

 

[Tahoe]

Gotcha!
@Tahoe: have you seen this: http://amigaunix.com/tiki-index.php?page=Networking

Haha, indeed, that must have been a slip of the auto correction thingy....

I should have seen it; I host the site
But I have not taken time yet to get my AUI to UTP transceiver (somewhere in a box) and have not thought of anything constructive to do with it once I do, apart from a ping to my firewall