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From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.arm
Subject: Re: Is NetBSD alive?
Date: 10 Jun 1997 01:04:59 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc.
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In article <5nhmqm$ppo@sun-cc204.lboro.ac.uk>,
 <J.C.Highfield@lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

>I think he was referring to <http://www.digital.com/semiconductor/dna.htm>
>which refers to a StrongARM port of NetBSD for their network computer
>reference platform. They seem to be using it as a development
>environment while waiting for Oracle's OS.

Not much of a wait necessary, then. The NC sales guy I talked to
informed me that the NC OS ran on top of NetBSD. :-)

cjs
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