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From: rhealey@sirius.aggregate.com (Rob Healey)
Subject: Re: NetBSD for Mac [Q]
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 16:05:37 GMT
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In article <2sq6jo$4k@mercury.mcs.com>,
Bradley Scott Slavik <fire@MCS.COM> wrote:
>jmartin@pnet1.pnet.com (Absinthium Booksellers) writes:
>
>>I raised a question on comp.mac.programming asking if anyone has tried 
>>porting *ix (or any os for that matter) to the Mac.  Someone said that 
>>some students were working on a project called ALICE, while another 
>>mentioned that NetBSD was being worked on for the mac.  I'd like to know 
>>more about this, and if needed, could offer my assistance in the 
>>creation.
>
>>-John
>>jmartin@pnet.com
>
>John,
>I am also distressed with the lack of a decent
>Unix environment that is affordable on the Mac.
>To this end I am porting Gnu to the Mac. Anyone

	NetBSD works fine on the Mac. Check out the FAQs on
	sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu for more info. I'm involved with the
	Amiga port so I don't know anything about it other than it
	works and borrowed heavily from the Amiga port; jab, jab. B^).

	Good luck!

	-Rob