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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!uum1!newsserver!rhealey From: rhealey@sirius.aggregate.com (Rob Healey) Subject: Re: NetBSD for Mac [Q] Sender: usenet@newsserver.aggregate.com (Usenet News Administrative Account) Message-ID: <CqxM1D.Kwn@newsserver.aggregate.com> Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 16:05:37 GMT References: <2smb19$m7r@pnet1.pnet.com> <2sq6jo$4k@mercury.mcs.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: sirius.aggregate.com Organization: Aggregate Computing, Inc. Minneapolis,MN Lines: 27 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