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From: Matt Slot <fprefect@umich.edu>
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Subject: [Ann] OpenMac mailing list
Date: 3 Oct 1995 01:46:44 GMT
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Announcing the OpenMac Developers mailing list
This mailing list is dedicated to the technical aspects of porting
different UNIX flavors, such as Linux and NetBSD (referred to here as
the OpenMac projects), to the Macintosh and PowerMacintosh hardware.
These projects *desperately* need one thing to succeed: information.
They need information about the specialized hardware and low-level
driver software in the each Macintosh line. Until now, Apple has been
slow to volunteer this information, and since the OpenMac projects
are dedicated to the open exchange of information and source code,
there is little likelihood of signing non-disclosure agreements.
The primary reason for this mailing list is to encourage discussion
toward building better relations between the different OpenMac teams
and those people interested in seeing the project succeed. To this
end, our goal is to maintain a bulleted list of specific information
that can be presented to interested parties within Apple. Specifically,
we encourage you to examine the list on the OpenMac homepage described
below, and contribute your specific needs or solutions to the indicated
problems.
Please note that this is *not* a discussion group for feature requests
or software support in the OpenMac OSs. For such information, you
should browse the Web pages listed at the URLs below.
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To subscribe to the OpenMac mailing list, you need to send mail to
<majordomo@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us> with no subject and with body
"subscribe openmac" on a single line. After your mail has been sent, you
should receive an acknowledgement of your request, and short guide on
using the listserv.
For your perusal, the primary online resource for the OpenMac ListServ
is located at:
<http://puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us/openmac/>
Please note that the resource is rather technically-oriented, and
not geared toward introductory information.
If you are looking for more information on the MacLinux or MacBSD
projects in general, you should browse the following pages:
<http://nucleus.ibg.uu.se/maclinux>
<http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/>
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Thank you for your interest in our projects, and we look forward to
your contributions.
Matt Slot, <fprefect@umich.edu>
Allen Briggs, <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>