> > There isn't and there will never be Linux for MSX,
> > but
> > UNIX for MSX *does* exist, and it's called UZIX:
> >
> > http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~adrcunha/uzix/
>
> Why are you so sure? For Linux to run, all we need is
> a suitable kernel. Linux kernels were originally
> intended for i386 machines only, but it has been
> ported to PowerPC, i286, Amiga and a few others... Why
> shouldn't it be ported to the Z80?
Linux is 32-bit, MSX is 8-bit (actually 16-bit, imho).
Linux uses a very extended memory area, MSX has 64k
Linux uses memory protection, MSX hasn't.
Quite impossible. And if you adapt it to work around these problems, it
won't be Linux anymore.
~Grauw
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