Atari Unix

[ethan at 757.org]

> Apparently efforts are underway to get this unreleased product working.
> I believe it was aimed at the TT030 desktop "workstation" model of the
> ST family:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_TT030
> Atari did licence UNIX™ and got a really good deal — $10 a seat!
> http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/18/the-atari-st-could-have-run-unix/
> … But the original 68000 version couldn't hack it. No MMU.
> http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=1383
> The product did eventually exist:
> http://www.atariunix.com/
> But as ever it was too little, too late.

I was always under the impression that a few of them made it out there?

I have a TT030 and actually was just looking at it last night. It has a 
VME slot (as they call it) that has a dual serial port board installed. I 
think it has a modem port. I know it's not compatible with normal ST 
softwar,e has VGA, does not use a ps2 keyboard but uses an ST keyboard, 
and has real SCSI versus ACSI!

Strange computers. Doesn't look quite as cool as the Mega 2/4 IMHO but 
still interesting!


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Ethan O'Toole