Re: [MacPerl] Mac to Unix & back Follow-Up

[Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>]

Note, we have drifted off-topic here, so if anyone replies to this, it
whould probably be pulled of the MacPerl list...

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Jeffrey D.R.S. Carl wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Dennis Little wrote:
> 
> > If all goes well, I'll be setting up a scrap Unix box (probably a Q630 or
> > so with FreeBSD) for testing under Unix (and learning Unix as well).
> 
> Assuming you're talking about a Quadra 630, I don't think there's a
> version of FreeBSD available. In fact, (if I remember correctly - someone
> please help me if I don't) I think FreeBSD is strictly x86 as part of its
> mission.

Correct. FreeBSD is x86 only.

> For 68k Macs, more or less your only alternatives for Unix are OpenBSD
> m68k, NetBSD m68k, Linux m68k (I think this is still in pretty early
> development), or snagging an old copy of A/UX. With the exception of Linux
> m68k, I don't know that any of the above are still particularly well
> maintained (certainly not A/UX ;)), at least not the way that the PPC
> Linuxes (linuxppc and mklinux) are. 

NetBSD is very well maintained and OpenBSD (whose mac68k port is based on
NetBSD) isn't far behind. I have been running NetBSD on a MacIIci for almost
a year now and am very happy with it. The Quadra 630 is supported, but there
have been discussions of video problems recently which I have mostly ignored
since I have not a quadra 630. To find out more about it, please check
<URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/index.html> for more info. 

Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>


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