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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: BSD for the Macintosh
Date: 2 Dec 1993 22:21:06 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <2dj61n$fhj@panix.com> davidtay@panix.com (David Tay) writes:
>Is there a version of BSD that will run on a Macintosh? I have a Mac IIcx 
>and am finally making the move to a more challenging operating system. Any
>replies would be greatly appreciated.

There is a version of NetBSD that runs on some Mac's; I don't know if the
changes have been folded into the tree or not so that it will "just work";
you'd have to contact them directly (contact info is in the newsgroup
comp.os.386bsd.announce).

As of last I was aware, "some Mac's" meant 68030 with math coprocesser
and work was in progress on the 68040, which is apparently missing some
MMU instructions that the 030 has.

Your mileage may vary, since this is all from observation and memory,
and I don't qualify as a spokesperson anyway.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.