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Article #618MacLinux? Ob ich's noch erlebe??
From: Helmut Fromberger
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 23:58
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 23:58
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Hallo zusammen! οΏ½ber folgendes Posting bin ich grade in comp.sys.mac.advocacy gestolpert. Es bilde sich jeder Selbst seine Meinung..... > From: dat94gan@ludat.lth.se (George Andrei) > Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy > Subject: MacLinux > Date: 9 Nov 1994 19:15:40 GMT > Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Lund University, Sweden > Lines: 31 > Distribution: world > Message-ID: <39r74s$9ga@nic.lth.se> > Reply-To: dat94gan@ludat.lth.se > NNTP-Posting-Host: satie-9.ludat.lth.se > > > > It was a big mistake from my part not to post the announcement of MacLinux to the newsgroups. I posted it only on linux-activists( a mail list). So, here you are, enjoy and let me know what you're thinking. > > > MacLinux is bound to become available in fully functional shape around JANUARY/FEBRUARY anno domini 1995. It will run on any MacIntosh with at least: > > * 68020 PMMU or 68030/68040 with a MMU onboard. > * 4 Mb memory > * 2 reserved partitions, swap and filesystem. (alt. 1) > * 4 Mb for the swappart. and >10 for the filesystem. > * any kind of video cards and in any resolutions and fielddepths. > * any kind of keyboard. > * not any kind of SCSI HD :-) > * no FPU required. > > The initial MacLinux will (does) use the Amiga/Atari Linux executables so that you can directly use the plethora of ported UNIX software for thos Linux platforms. (that is no recompilation!!!) > Another new concept in the MacLinux is that different hardware on the Mac are handled in a Mac INIT fashion. That is instead of recompiling the kernel everytime to support new HW you only have to compile the plugin module and run Linux. > > Any questions (technically,functionally and locational) about MacLinux will be allways answered. Until January, Have a Happy Xmas! > > > Ciao, George Andre > > ********************************************************** > George Andre * Who said that Italian was easy? > Dept of CS and NumA * I know I'm working my ass of > University of Lund * to learn it.. :-( > Sweden * > ********************************************************** -- Helmut Fromberger Fon:++49-8532 office:1560 home:8178 Kager 1 Fax:++49-8532 office:3138 home:1053 94086 Griesbach-Rottal/Germany E-Mail: hefro@in-passau.de ## CRAYCrossPoint v5.0 R ##
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10cd83,101d71ecaa97967a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd83,public X-Google-Thread: f54b7,101d71ecaa97967a,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf54b7,public X-Google-Thread: 10e5bc,101d71ecaa97967a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10e5bc,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-12 15:04:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!xlink100!subnet.sub.net!danube!betty.in-passau.de!bugbear Newsgroups: de.comp.sys.apple,maus.sys.mac,fido.ger.mac Subject: MacLinux? Ob ich's noch erlebe?? Message-ID: <9411110058493230@bugbear.in-passau.de> From: Helmut Fromberger <hefro@bugbear.in-passau.de> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 94 00:58:49 CET Distribution: world Organization: individual network passau - south-east bavaria Reply-To: hefro@bugbear.in-passau.de X-Mailer: rnMac v1.3b5 Lines: 67