Re: About the new MSX: what do users think?

[Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha]

>  Why are you so sure? For Linux to run, all we need is
> a suitable kernel.

        Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
        Easy to speak! Damn hard to do! :)

> Linux kernels were originally
> intended for i386 machines only

        Hey! We're talking about Z80 here, too far away from i386! i386
has protected memory, support to virtual memory, MMU and a lot of other
things that Z80 had never dreamed of.

> but it has been
> ported to PowerPC, i286, Amiga

        PowerPC, i286 and 68000. Processors still light-years beyond our
cool and pretty Z80.

> Why shouldn't it be ported to the Z80? 

        The work would be so hard that is better to write a new kernel
from scratch, using the good ideas of Linux kernel.


Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha               ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP   
http://www.adrpage.cjb.net           http://if.you.dont.like.msx.usuck.com

* Who had never Windows crashed, throw the first GPF! *


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