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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"The better technology does not always sell better, even if it is first."
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