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From: erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX on a PowerMac??
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References: <aberenzw-0909952243200001@pierson-college-kstar-node.net.yale.edu> <DEr9vL.vA@yedi.iaf.nl> <Mark_Cookson-1909951051180001@mac1002.kip.apple.com> <caradoc-2209951549440001@ppp-236-111.neta.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:03:02 GMT
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In article <caradoc-2209951549440001@ppp-236-111.neta.com>,
caradoc@neta.com (John Groseclose) wrote:
>In article <Mark_Cookson-1909951051180001@mac1002.kip.apple.com>,
>Mark_Cookson@quickmail.apple.com (Mark Cookson) wrote:
>
>> In article <DEr9vL.vA@yedi.iaf.nl>, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) wrote:
>>
>> >aberenzw@minerva.cis.yale.edu (_madAdam_) writes:
>> >
>> >>Hiya.
>> >
>> >>Does anyone know of anyone running FreeBSD or something on the DOS
>> >>Compatiblity card of a PPC? I'm not sure how close they're saying that
>> >>the board is to a real DOS machine, but is it close enough to run BSD with
>> >>not too much trouble?
>> >>Or linux?
>
>How about Tenon Corp's "MachTen?" It's a version of UNIX that'll run on a Mac.
>
>I think they're at http://www.tenon.com/.
I think that address is correct, but MachTen is not a true UNIX.. it's a
SHELL over the Mac O/S that looks and acts like UNIX and lets you run many
(even most or all ) UNIX applications. IT sounds like a tiny difference,
but the difference is non-trivial. MachTen accesses the peripherals via
the Mac software, where a true UNIX would talk to the peripherals
directly..
having said all that.. I'd LOVE a copy of MachTen - having used GNO/ME on
the Apple IIGS I'm familiar with the concept and use of a similar
product. Hmm.. I wonder which came first... I'll have to find out.
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