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- | ~~NOTOC~~**Welcome** to the (newly restored) | + | ~~NOTOC~~ |
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+ | **Welcome** to the **Amiga Unix wiki**! | ||
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- | {{ : | + | **Amiga UNIX (also known as " |
- | **Amiga UNIX (" | + | |
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This site is dedicated on preserving Amix's history and sharing information and instructions on what Amix is, how to install it (either on real hardware or in emulation) and what can you do with it. Mainly, it tries to cater to people who wish to run AMIX for whatever reason on their hardware. By documenting experiences with it, it is hoped that subsequent SVR4 junkies will find the way more smooth than it might have been without any guidance at all. For even a relatively experienced modern Unix or GNU/Linux administrator, | This site is dedicated on preserving Amix's history and sharing information and instructions on what Amix is, how to install it (either on real hardware or in emulation) and what can you do with it. Mainly, it tries to cater to people who wish to run AMIX for whatever reason on their hardware. By documenting experiences with it, it is hoped that subsequent SVR4 junkies will find the way more smooth than it might have been without any guidance at all. For even a relatively experienced modern Unix or GNU/Linux administrator, | ||
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- | **Wanted**: anything related to Amix! Do you have floppy/tape of a third-party software for Amix? Copy of an exotic hardware driver? Have you written guides to do something weird and wonderful with Amix? Happen to have copies | + | |
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- | ===== Table of contents ===== | + | ====== Table of contents |
- | === History and Documentation === | + | ==== History and Documentation |
- | * [[history|History]] | + | * [[history|History |
- | * [[boxed|Original box and manuals]] | + | * [[boxed|Original box, disk/tape labels |
- | * [[requirements|Hardware]] | + | |
- | === Tutorials & How-To' | + | ==== Hardware ==== |
- | * [[installation|Installation]] | + | * [[requirements|Compatible hardware]] |
- | * [[dual-boot|Dual boot installation | + | * [[tape-creation|Creating a real installation |
- | * [[tape-creation|Creating a real installation tape / Other tape commands]] | + | * [[networking|Networking with Amix]] |
+ | * [[a2232|Using the Commodore A2232 Serial Expansion Board]] | ||
- | * [[patch-disk|2.1 Patch disk]] | + | ==== Tutorials & How-to's ==== |
- | * [[y2k-dst|DST / Y2K fixes]] | + | |
- | * [[X11|X11, color-X, OpenLook]] | + | |
- | * [[networking|Networking with Amix!]] | + | * [[installation|Installation (real hardware or emulator)]] |
- | * [[a2232|Using the A2232 Serial Expansion Board in Amix]] | + | * [[dual-boot|Dual boot installation of AMIX and AmigaDOS/Workbench]] |
- | * [[more_software|Installing software | + | * [[file-transfers|File transfer methods |
- | * [[tips-tricks|Tips and tricks / Performance tweaks / Daemons / MKFS]] | + | |
- | === General topics | + | ==== Software |
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- | * [[vi-editor|Using the vi editor]] | + | |
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- | === To-Do' | + | |
+ | * [[patch-disk|2.1 Patch disk]] | ||
+ | * [[y2k-dst|Y2K and DST fixes]] | ||
+ | * [[X11|X11 / Color-X / OpenLook GUI]] | ||
+ | * [[more_software|PKG-files, | ||
* [[downloads|Downloads]] | * [[downloads|Downloads]] | ||
- | * [[misc|Misc restored texts from archive.org]] | ||
- | === Discussion forums | + | ==== General topics ==== |
- | * Probably the most active discussion area currently: | + | * [[tips-tricks|Tips and tricks |
- | * Not that active anymore, but still a good reading: | + | * [[vi-editor|Using the vi editor]] |
- | === Links === | + | ==== Links ==== |
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
* Article about Amix in " | * Article about Amix in " | ||
* WinUAE and the beginnings of Amix support [[http:// | * WinUAE and the beginnings of Amix support [[http:// | ||
* Great Amix site with re-done manuals and other useful files (in german): [[http:// | * Great Amix site with re-done manuals and other useful files (in german): [[http:// | ||
- | * Telefisk.org gopher site: [[http://gopherproxy.meulie.net/ | + | * Telefisk.org gopher site mirror to grab files: [[http://gopher.muffinlabs.com/ |
+ | * Not that active anymore, but still a good reading: [[https:// | ||
* Old, and riddled with Spam, but there once was a thriving Newsgroup dedicated to Amiga Unix. Seeing the Internet "never forgets", | * Old, and riddled with Spam, but there once was a thriving Newsgroup dedicated to Amiga Unix. Seeing the Internet "never forgets", | ||
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- | **Why would you like to try Amix?** | + | <WRAP half left round help> |
+ | **Where to get help with Amix? | ||
- | {{: | + | Currently the most active Amix-related forum seems to be [[http:// |
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+ | **Wanted**: content for this site! Do you have a piece of third-party software for Amix? Copy of an exotic hardware driver? Would you like to help write guides? Have copy of files from // | ||
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Amiga UNIX is really, really real UNIX. AT&T System V Release 4, ported by a team at Commodore that quit the day that 1.0 was released - at least, as legend has it. All the releases have their share of issues, and none of them have been updated in well over a decade. It runs on old hardware that was expensive when new and hard enough to find now that “RARE!” tags on eBay aren't hyperbole for once. You can cheat and get it installed without the tape drive, at least, but it's not for the faint of heart and has its own caveats such as a completely broken package system. | Amiga UNIX is really, really real UNIX. AT&T System V Release 4, ported by a team at Commodore that quit the day that 1.0 was released - at least, as legend has it. All the releases have their share of issues, and none of them have been updated in well over a decade. It runs on old hardware that was expensive when new and hard enough to find now that “RARE!” tags on eBay aren't hyperbole for once. You can cheat and get it installed without the tape drive, at least, but it's not for the faint of heart and has its own caveats such as a completely broken package system. | ||
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So if you have the requisite hardware and you have girded yourself for what is in store for you should you venture into the m68k-cbm-sysv4 dungeon, you might enjoy this site and the dusty treasures it contains. But seriously, if you just want to try UNIX or GNU/Linux out, the most expedient way to do it is on x86 or just something better supported on Amiga hardware. There are lots of choises for you. | So if you have the requisite hardware and you have girded yourself for what is in store for you should you venture into the m68k-cbm-sysv4 dungeon, you might enjoy this site and the dusty treasures it contains. But seriously, if you just want to try UNIX or GNU/Linux out, the most expedient way to do it is on x86 or just something better supported on Amiga hardware. There are lots of choises for you. | ||
- | Good luck, and enjoy. | + | Good luck, and enjoy! |
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===== Acknowledgements ===== | ===== Acknowledgements ===== | ||
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Thanks to Folkert " | Thanks to Folkert " | ||
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+ | Thanks to Ville Laustela for images & scans and updating the Wiki. | ||
Thanks to Toni Wilen for maintaining the WinUAE emulator and making it possible to run Amix inside it. | Thanks to Toni Wilen for maintaining the WinUAE emulator and making it possible to run Amix inside it. | ||
- | This site is dedicated | + | Dedicated |
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+ | <WRAP round info> {{counter}} visitors since 1.8.2019 \\ | ||
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+ | To contact us, please use [[https:// | ||
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