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LocalH · 23 May 2005, 17:52

The only thing odd about the whole thing is that the TOSEC renamer put (A2500-A3000UX), and in doing some searching I find that Commodore did indeed release an A2500UX, which came with an A2620 turboboard, A2090A/ A2091 controller with harddisk, additional integrated streamer and AMIX (AT&T Unix System V). That means that AMIX isn't limited to running on an '030 (or for that matter an A3000), since the 2620 is an '020 accel with an '851 MMU and '881 FPU.

There's something about the setup of A2000+A2620+A2091 that allows AMIX to run. Does your Viper have an FPU on board? If so, perhaps it's the differences between '881 and '882 (if there are any, I'm not that well versed on FPUs) that cause it to puke.

23 May 2005, 17:52	#13
LocalH Amiga user since 1990 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kingsport, TN / USA Age: 44 Posts: 295	The only thing odd about the whole thing is that the TOSEC renamer put (A2500-A3000UX), and in doing some searching I find that Commodore did indeed release an A2500UX, which came with an A2620 turboboard, A2090A/ A2091 controller with harddisk, additional integrated streamer and AMIX (AT&T Unix System V). That means that AMIX isn't limited to running on an '030 (or for that matter an A3000), since the 2620 is an '020 accel with an '851 MMU and '881 FPU. There's something about the setup of A2000+A2620+A2091 that allows AMIX to run. Does your Viper have an FPU on board? If so, perhaps it's the differences between '881 and '882 (if there are any, I'm not that well versed on FPUs) that cause it to puke. Last edited by LocalH; 23 May 2005 at 22:38.