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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!brunix!mhw From: mhw@cs.brown.edu (Mark Weaver) Subject: Re: BSD for the 680x0 based systems, (ie. Mac's) Message-ID: <1994Aug19.055151.23797@cs.brown.edu> Sender: news@cs.brown.edu Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science References: <32urim$gt7@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <32vmlj$jvf@news.doit.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 05:51:51 GMT Lines: 29 In article <32vmlj$jvf@news.doit.wisc.edu>, Ron Porter <porter@fozzie> wrote: >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 NetBSD doesn't work on all Macs, only some. This is because Apple isn't terribly forthcoming when it comes to publishing hardware docs, and the I/O addresses (and hardware) change from machine to machine. In any case, you should check with the NetBSD team to make sure it works with your Mac before you download the whole thing. Mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science