[Coco] Fuzix - new unix project for z80, 6502, 6809

[Bill Pierce]

Actually, I am interested in finding out how they implemented the "banked memory" and want to know if they stuck with a "64k workspace" or if they used it to implement a "flat memory" (no 64k limit).... If the later is true, then I bet OS9 itself could benefit from researching how they did it. In any case, I wonder if the banked memory routines are as efficient (or more so) as OS9's?
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Swygert <farna at att.net>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Mon, Nov 3, 2014 8:12 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Fuzix - new unix project for z80, 6502, 6809

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So it's limited to the CoCo3 because of the banked memory requirement. I don't 
see this as catching on with the CoCo crowd because we already have Nitros9, 
which is a mature system, and very Unix-like by design. It might catch on for 
some of the home-brewed 6809 systems though. 

 
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