Hardware

Hardware necessary for installation

Here's the one liner: You need an Amiga with full 68020/68030 including MMU and FPU, with either A3000 internal SCSI or an A2091/A2090 board. If you do not have this you probably cannot run Amiga UNIX. You may be able to get into a kind of single-user mode using the boot floppies, by hitting CTRL-C when the installation script starts to run. However, this would still require a 68020/68030 at a minimum.

For more detailed hardware information, please see the table below.

The Amiga 3000UX

The A3000UX is no different from a standard A3000 except for the 3000UX badging, and a default configuration consisting of a 200MB HD and at least 8MB fast RAM. Amiga UNIX was also preinstalled. All other features were optional. Check out its hardware page here and also the similar A2500UX.

Out-of-the-box works

Commodore A2091/A2090 SCSI controller board
Commodore A2065 ethernet (10base5, 10base2)
Ameristar AE2000 (identical to the A2065)
Commodore A2410 "Lowell" video card (enables 8-bit color depth in X)
Commodore A3070 tape (external QIC 120/150 drive, required for default scripted installation)
Commodore A2232 serial concentrator (multiple serial console support)
Phase5 Blizzard 4030 (A3000 CPU card, 68030@50MHz) (verified by user)

Assumed (unknown, but assumed to work)

Eureka Afterburner (A3000 CPU card, 68030@33/50MHz)

Works with drivers from Gateway UNIX CDs

Taken verbatim from README:

Ariadne I Ethernet
GVP SCSI controller

Doesn't work

ADSG ProRAM 2000 (2MB ZII Fast RAM expansion) tested 1.1
DKB 3128 (Zorro III card with up to 128 MB of RAM) tested 2.1
Motorola 68000, 68020/68030 without FPU, 68040, 68060 CPUs
Commodore A2060 ARCnet (based on user comments)

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