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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.neca.com!ip-ts0-122.neca.com!user From: dfafard@neca.com (David Fafard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD UNIX on a PowerMac?? Date: 16 Oct 1995 21:04:01 GMT Organization: Wimco Printing, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <dfafard-1610951711470001@ip-ts0-122.neca.com> References: <45uc7c$llu@bubba.NMSU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip-ts0-122.neca.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.mac.misc:97966 comp.sys.mac.system:104813 comp.sys.mac.hardware:149910 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7525 In article <45uc7c$llu@bubba.NMSU.Edu>, jvotaw@nmsu.edu (Joel Austin Votaw) wrote: > I missed the earlier part of this discussion, and thus probaly the answer > to my question... *is* there a port of any BSD to the PowerMac, and, if > not, will MacBAD (NetBSD for 68k Macs) run under emulation on a powerMac? > No, there is no port as of yet to the PowerPc from MacBSD. A fellow named Allen Briggs, however, is working on a port. Also, Linux is rumored to have a PowerPc version in the works. There's also the commercial product, MachTen, which is fully PPC compatible. Here is Allens signature tag: Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@bev.net ** MacBSD == NetBSD/mac68k ** Where does all my time go? <a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">Guess.</a> Hope this helps, Dave