Hi, all,
Some people on here might already know me, particularly if you run or play with NetBSD. I've been running NetBSD on Amiga since the late '90s and using an Amiga with AmigaDOS as a full time server since the mid '90s. (Free) Unix can learn and has learned a lot from AmigaDOS, and people can easily see the differences between well designed hardware that works in parallel (Amiga) and hardware that just works OK with no concern for background operation (x86 PCs, m68k Macs). These philosophies are important.
I suppose I'm an m68k fan because the first computer I had after a Z80 machine was the Sinclair QL and I could never program on an x86 after that. I had bitmapped graphics with a windowing system, preemptive multitasking, 32 bit pointers and registers and so on, so what machine would I naturally go to after the QL? The Amiga, of course.
Just like the NetBSD/VAX port keeps gcc for VAX up to date, I like to think that NetBSD/m68k helps keep gcc for m68k honest. It'd be nice if gcc still supported AmigaOS targets directly, but at least m68k isn't withering away.
If anyone out there wants help setting up NetBSD on an m68k machine or wants a shell on a real Amiga, feel free to contact me.
John Klos
