On a connected topic, how much of a difference in performance would it
make, to replace the 25mHz 68LC040 in a Quadra 605 with a full '040?

Thanks!

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Derek Morton wrote:
>> Since the (real) Mac OS and all Mac OS applications run in the same
>> (supervisor) memory space, it doesn't seem like there would be any
>> need for the MMU except for VM...  That said, the lack of an MMU
>> would prevent the running any Unix OS as they all (to my knowledge)
>> require it.
>>
>> Derek
>
> The only UNIXy thing that works would be MacMinix, since it runs as an
> application in Mac OS rather than a standalone OS. It's pretty limited
> though, really only good for playing with something remotely UNIX-like
> and learning the basics of command line rather than getting anything
> real done.
>
> Scott

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