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From: porter@fozzie (Ron Porter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD for the 680x0 based systems, (ie. Mac's)
Date: 18 Aug 1994 13:11:15 GMT
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Jaguar <Mike Olson> (olson@snapdragon.cs.odu.edu) wrote:
: I have a friend who is very interested in getting a BSD Unix for a 68040 based
: Mac. Preferably Free. He has a 4.3 BSD Commercial Unix that came with his 
: system, but he has to pay additional fee's to get a Compiler (What kind of a 
: raw deal is that?) If anyone has any info about a Free or Cheap Mac BSD please
: let me know. (Post or Mail)

: Thank You,
:      Michael Olson

There is a NetBSD for the MAC. FTP to gatekeeper.dec.com then cd to
/pub/BSD/NetBSD_MAC. There is also a unix called AUX, which i know
nothing about except that it's for the MAC. AUX may be commercial, but
try looking for the AUX newsgroupe(i know it exists), and ask around
there.
 Ron 










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