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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.i1.net!news1.inlink.com!news2.inlink.com!osiris.inlink.com!user From: benh@inlink.com (Ben Hockenhull) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: apollo domain series 3500 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 09:27:31 -0600 Organization: is not in my nature!! Lines: 27 Message-ID: <benh-2304960927310001@osiris.inlink.com> References: <4krj02$1k28@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <74e188d3.17275@luckey.citi.umich.edu> <benh-1904960931380001@osiris.inlink.com> <74f61ad9.17275@luckey.citi.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: osiris.inlink.com X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.7 In article <74f61ad9.17275@luckey.citi.umich.edu>, rees@umich.edu (Jim Rees) wrote: > In article <benh-1904960931380001@osiris.inlink.com>, benh@inlink.com (Ben Hockenhull) writes: > > I'm about to get one of these Apollos. Is the port still active? Is > there anything else you can tell me about BSD on Apollo, or any other OS > on Apollos? > > The guy who was heading up the porting project has no time these days to > work on it. In my opinion the whole thing is a waste of time, because > without Domain/OS, an Apollo is just hardware. If you want NetBSD, you're > better off buying Intel equipment. > > If you don't know what Domain/OS is, you don't want it. Heh. I know what it is and a certain amount about the admin of it (which has frightening implications). I just thought it'd be fun to play with BSD or Linux on an Apollo, because I'm just that kind of insane... -- Ben Hockenhull <benh@inlink.com> "It feels so funny to be free..."