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UNIX on an Atari? Sure thing. 😏

Wait, this is actually not a joke! In 1990 Atari had a serious powerhouse with the TT030 workstation. 68030, up to 256MB RAM, harddrive, etc. And for this machine a UNIX version was actually released. Really. 

Atari System V. Anyone who has ever sat in front of a UNIX / Linux box with a simple window manager like TWM will feel right at home. 

Bryan Lunduke has collected a little more information in his article on SubStack. And if you can't believe the whole thing, imagine that - with Mosaic available on the system - even the web is open for discovery. 🌍 (Ok, ok, not the bonkers JS-SPA multi megabyte stuff …)

Good enough for our cover story today, and definitely a knowledge nugget we've been missing. Good job Atari! Good job.