Re: Status of Apple UNIX ?

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From: Clayton Elwell
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1987 15:41

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root@sbcs (Root) writes:
    
    [Re: running Sun OS on a Mac II]..., and given that all one would
    have to do is write 68851 MMU code + a couple of device drivers,
    such a thing is firmly within the realm of possibility.

    have a lot more respect for Sun's version of Unix than Unisoft

    				Rick Spanbauer
    				SUNY/Stony Brook


You're a funny guy.  You would have to rewrite the memory management
stuff completely (not a fun time, since Sun has a custom MMU that
doesn't look much like a 68851), not to mention all of the device
drivers.  In other words, it would be as easy as doing your own port
of, say, System V.  You'd also loose (a) streams, (b) the toolbox, (c)
more solid networking code (although Sun 3.4 looks better than their
previous efforts), ...

It's a nice idea, but I'm much more interested in porting NeWS first.

-- 
							      Clayton M. Elwell
       The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
       (614) 292-6546	 UUCP: ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!elwell
		      ARPA: elwell@ohio-state.arpa (not working well right now)

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From: elwell@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Clayton Elwell)
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Subject: Re: Status of Apple UNIX ?
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Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 11:41:03 EDT
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