On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Cameron Kaiser wrote: We used to have a 'C' compiler for Atari 8 bits, called 'Deep Blue C'. I suppose a clever programmer could trim some GNU tools down to run on 6502s. Chuck cswiger(a)widomaker.com

There is a Unix alike OS for the IIgs. Linux itself will never run, since it relies on virtual memory with memory protection. You might have to design your own system with an external MMU - maybe some of the external 68K MMUs might be usable. But even then, a full fledged 65816 with 16 MB would still be not very atractive. Gruss H. P.S.: We once had an A2 compatible system with virtual memory running - it was a try to get more mem inside - so we added a 64x8 Bit RAM addressed by A10 thru A15, giving A10 thru A17 for a 256 KB of mem. So the system was able to replace mem in 1 K steps, giving 5.25 times the mem of an ordinary Apple (did I mention that only the lower 48 K where exchangabe ? :) - two of these beasts have been made - complete hand wired Apple II+ clones... We did it while our military service - plenty of time but nothing usefull to do - so we decided to clone my Apple - I had bought my Apple ][ just before my service - the clones where for two friends (one of the reare occasions where Unteroffiziers (Sergants) have been outed as humans :). We also included another 64 K, where the first 16 there addressable like the language card, but the later 48 had an adressing compatible to the Saturn 128K card - a bit weired, but with plenty of time and no money ... (BTW: the mem was build up from 64Kb and 16Kb RAMs (32x64+32x16), since the 256K chips where unavailable at this time (~1980)) -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK