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In article <69515@apple.Apple.COM> mlanett@Apple.COM (Mark Lanett) writes:
>jdawson@cs.utexas.edu (John Dawson) writes:
>
>>Is it possible to get the source code for the Mach running on a NeXT?  
>>If not, what version of Mach is NeXT's based on, and where can I get
>>the source for that?  The stuff I really need to get at is the memory-
>>mapped file system.
>
>Next started with 2.0 and has incorporated "most of" the changes through 2.5.
>I forget in which respects they are out of date. In any case, (assuming they
>have the mm filesystem, which I doubt), you *can* get the sources, but
>you aren't going to like it. 5 grand educational. This doesn't include
>hardware-dependant device drivers (or NextStep, of course).

But of course if you have tried to look at the basic distribution of
Mach from C.-M., and that you would like to have something functionnal
within the next year, 5K$ is not that much.  You can get Mach3 for free, but to
use that version is another thing.  I tried to install the Mach3-MK65 (???)
in a Mips-120 and a SCO based 386, and it is a joy to try to work without
any clues at all.  Up to now, I haven't manage to compile anything (still
missing some machine.h file).  Maybe I lost some files in the download, but
my experience was not a pleasant one.  So 5K$ is not that much for a few
months of work that you will not have to do...

>I'd like to see NS 3 go with Mach 3, but haven't heard anything lately. They
>said something about moving once Mach 3 is "finished".

Here is what gets out of my NeXT's (running beta version of NS 3.0):
Mach kernel version:
         NeXT Mach 3.0: Wed Apr  1 17:44:27 PST 1992; root(kodak):mk-127.5.1/BUILD/RELEASE_M68K

Kernel configured for a single processor only.
1 processor is physically available.
Processor type: MC680x0 (68040)
Processor active: 0
Primary memory available: 16.00 megabytes.
Default processor set: 50 tasks, 77 threads, 1 processors
Load average: 0.00, Mach factor: 0.99

('hope this is not going to make someone mad at me...)

					Hugo