From: jhi@vipunen.hut.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi)
Subject: Amiga port of Mach MK74 available
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: comp
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:43:59


======= WHAT?

Mach MK74 is now ported to Commodore Amigas.  The port works provably
in a 25Mhz A3000 with AmigaDOS 2.04 in RAM with 4MB fast+2MB chip and
also in an A2000 with a GVP combo ('030 33Mzh).

======= WHO?

The port was done by Bryan Ford <bryanf@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>.

bryan>
OK, I got Mach rolled to MK74, cleaned up, and uploaded to your incoming
I uploaded three files:  'mk74-ami.tar.Z', which is the full
Mach distribution, minus the things that aren't needed (kernel debugger,
i386 stuff, norma stuff, etc.), plus the Amiga stuff, plus ready-made
MIG stub '.c' files.  I decided to upload the whole thing because it
would have become a real pain to keep track of things separately, especially
after CMU rolls their archives to MK75 and beyond.  The MIG stubs are there
because they need tons of manual coaxing to get working under AmigaDOS.
The archive contains a 'readme' file which briefly describes how to get things
set up; I also uploaded the 'readme' file separately from the archive.
The archive contains the beta-test-version docs for SIM 1.67, which is what
machSIM is based on.  The file 'SIM.lha' is the latest "normal" released
SIM shareware distribution, just in case anyone needs it for some reason.

======= WHERE?

The port is available by FTP from the following places:

Australia       monu1.cc.monash.edu.au:/pub/mach
U.S.            homeboy.wpi.edu:/pub/mach
Europe          ftp.funet.fi:/pub/mach/amiga (or /pub/amiga/mach, both work)
		ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/amiga/mach

You will need the following files:

                        	size

KludgeMach-README          	  8kB
mk74-ami.tar.Z          	321kB

Also available are: *)

MachSun3.tar.Z			Mach kernel for Motorola Suns
SIM.lha				m68k kernel debugger
bsdss5.tar.Z			BSD single server
mach030.tar.Z			m68k Mach kernel
poe9.tar.Z			POE sources
user18.tar.Z			Mach user sources rev 18
KludgeMach-<latest>.tar.Z	mk74-ami patched by Niklas Hallquist
				(ver 0.003 is currently the latest)

*) not necessarily in all of the sites yet, mirroring is done only once a day.

======= BEWARE!

WARNING: the port is currently version 0.000000000000...
         Hardcore hacker attitude useful.

======= WHY?

This message is sent to comp.sys.amiga.programmer, comp.sys.amiga.hardware
and comp.os.mach to wake up any possible hidden reserves.  Amiga port of
Mach is working but still far from complete.  Minor details such as
an operating system are still missing.  Volunteers for all kind of
jobs are very welcome.

- coordinators for various levels of the development work
  Michael Saleeba <zik.aurora.cc.monash.edu> has volunteered
  "to act as a clearing-house"

- console device: Bryan Ford is working on this too

- drivers: SCSI, WD33C92, WD33C93, Commodore 2065/2090/2091 expertise needed
  Amiga UNIX has many device drivers WITH sources.  Their copyright
  status needs to be checked from Commodore. Ty Sarna
  <tsarna@endicor.com> has volunteered to try to contact C= and also
  GVP their drivers. Other 3rd party vendors like IVS could also use
  some questioning.

- an OS :-) Work and queries are currently progressing on several fronts:

  BNR2SS/BSDSS: Michael Saleeba [Zik] <zik.aurora.cc.monash.edu>

  Berkeley Sprite: Ty Sarna <tsarna@fezzik.endicor.com>

  CMU POE:
  (not entirely free either???)

  Linux:
  the upper layers may be portable enough to make an UNIX server?

  386BSD:
  as Linux

- verification whether the port works on an '040
- RDB (Rigid Block Standard)
- AmigaOS emulator
- contacts with C= technical people about hardware (and AmigaOS?)

======= HOW?

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Jarkko.Hietaniemi@hut.fi