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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!sunic!chalmers.se!dtek.chalmers.se!dxper From: dxper@dtek.chalmers.se (Per Anders Olausson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Mac version of 386BSD?? Message-ID: <13497@chalmers.se> Date: 18 Aug 92 22:39:58 GMT References: <1992Aug17.213706.10326@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Aug17.215858.14408@news.iastate.edu> <DPASSAGE.92Aug17174105@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <1992Aug18.135249.13380@news.iastate.edu> <scs.714147648@hela.iti.org> Sender: news@chalmers.se Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden Lines: 56 scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes: [since there are a lot of confusion and lack of 4.4BSD info I thought I add something to the confusion...] >niko@iastate.edu (Nikolaus E Schuessler) writes: >>Q: >> 1) Where would I get 4.4BSD? (site, directory) >I believe that only the alpha release is out and only to selected >sites. Not true. As far as I know you can order it now, although I am not 100% sure of exactly when you would find it in the mailbox, however it appears to be out. (or else I am one of those selected sites since I got an offer to buy it B-)) >> 3) Do I need some sorta license ? >Depends on who you ask. UCB says no, USL says yes. They are currently only shipping 4.4BSD-encumbered which means you have to have a AT&T source licence... Lite will follow later according to the paper ... >> 4) Is there enough interest? >Not from me. Now, if you were going to put it on a Sun . . . These are the supported boxes: HP9000/300 68000-based workstations Intel 386/486-based machines (ISA/AT or EISA(?!!) bus only) Sony News MIPS-based workstations Omron Luna 68000-based workstations DECstation 3100 and 5000 MIPS-based workstations Sparcstation I & II SPARC-based workstations (<------) As you can see there are at least two m680x0 machines supported...as well as support for the SPARC... If you want more info, I would suggest contacting Pauline Schwartz at pauline@cs.berkeley.edu or phone (510) 642-7780... [why haven't CSRG posted this info here? Beats me...] (reservations for any late night reading/typing errors...) pao -- -------------------------------Andrew Olausson-------------------------------- --------------------------Unemployed Unix Specialist-------------------------- ------------------------------pao@cd.chalmers.se------------------------------ -------------------------------pa-ola@proxxi.se-------------------------------