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In article <1992Oct6.092017.25312@newstand.syr.edu>  
rdlankes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Virtual Dave) writes:
> 
> Hi,
> I once heard someone say you could run NeXTStep on an IBM RS/6000
> workstation because they both use the Mach kernal. I called
> all over the country talking to NeXT and IBM, and no one seems
> to have a definitive answer. Finally someone in Cambridge suggested
> I ask on the net. He mentioned Carnegie Mellon in particular. 
> 
> So here it is, has anyone ported NeXTStep to another platform?
> I know about NeXT working on the Intel 486 version. We have lots
> of RS/6000's and just want the OS. The other platform that would be
> nice is the SGI's. I would apprieciate any thoughts and would be
> glad to post a summary.
> 
NextStep was ported to the RS6K and was being used by internal IBM users
at one time. How do I know this? There is a (dead) internal IBM forum that
was devoted to NextStep on the RS6K.

For some reason IBM never went public with it and the project died. Don't
expect to ever get your hands on it.

- Gareth