Subject: Mention of NetBSD/mac68k in MacWeek
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Joel Klecker <jk@esperance.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/27/1996 00:56:39
Has anybody else seen this? I was digging around the MacWeek web site and
found this, <http://www.macweek.com/mw_1047/sr_reader_picks.html>. Text
quoted below.
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                        DECEMBER 9, 1996
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     VOLUME 10 NUMBER 47

          Reader Picks

          Puma
          http://www.macbsd.com

          Puma is a list site that helps Mac-friendly Unix
          programmers gather information on the latest kernels
          (the core of Unix) that will work with various Macs
          (mine is a Centris 650 running the latest NetBSD kernel;
          netbsd.quadra is located at
          ftp://ftp.macbsd.com/pub/outgoing/briggs). MacBSD and
          NetBSD are forms of Unix that are being ported to many
          platforms. This flavor of Unix requires an AU/X
          partition on your hard drive. It does not run on top of
          Mac OS. It has its own OS that can be booted.

          This software can run MacX, which is a version of
          OpenWindows. (Don't be afraid of the Windows part; it's
          a graphical user interface for Sun SPARCstations.)

          This is the most valuable site I have ever run across.
          There is a major geek factor here, but it's a rush. The
          concept of a Mac (be it 68020, '030 or '040) being able
          to compile and compute, run and network the same
          software that a $30,000 SPARCstation can is
          inconceivable. High cool factor here, too.

          If you need more information, hop on to the mailing list
          at: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG. That's where all the serious
          groundbreaking is happening.

          Steve Minten
          Egg Harbor, Wis.

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 Joel Klecker           jk@esperance.com         http://www.esperance.com/
 "The better technology does not always sell better, even if it is first."
     -- William J. Spencer, Xerox Corporation