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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14091 comp.os.mach:3907 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!EU.net!uunet!tezcat.com!tezcat.com!not-for-mail From: ilixi@tezcat.com (Charles Ewen MacMillan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach Subject: Re: Anyone using MachTen on a Mac? Date: 4 Jun 1994 01:46:33 -0500 Organization: TEZCAT - Wicker Park's Own Internet Services 312-850-0181 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <2sp809$hnq@xochi.tezcat.com> References: <1994Jun3.210215.20699@midway.uchicago.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: xochi.tezcat.com In article <1994Jun3.210215.20699@midway.uchicago.edu>, Eric Fischer <enf1@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote: >I'm thinking of getting MachTen to do Unix programming and network routing >at home, but it'd be nice to get a second (or third, or fourth) opinion >before putting down the cash. Could someone who's actually using the >software let me know what you think of it? > I have had very loud arguments with an associate on this issue, but my opinion is "No." Dependent on _what_ Macintosh you have, the MacBSD NetBSD port, is FREE, and does not depend upon special networking libraries for programmers, and runs as a standalone, rather than under the Macintosh operating system and filing system. I checked the bin distribution for it tonight, and noted recent file dates, so it appears as though it is being worked on again. I am not sure how closely it is based on NetBSD, and hence, how close it will come ever to 4.4, but from what I understand, it certainly is a viable *NIX at this stage. ftp to: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu in the directory /pub/NetBSD_Mac and at least check out the README's before you plunk down the money. -- Charles Ewen MacMillan | Tezcat.COM - The Good Guys <ilixi@tezcat.com> | Offering Internet Access Modem: 312-850-0112/0117| Via Interactive UNIX to Voice: 312-850-0181 | the Chicago Area.