ephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) (01/31/91)
Summary: Expires: References: <739@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> Sender: Reply-To: ephrem@hardy.acs.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) Followup-To: Distribution: usa Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Keywords: Mac Wondering if there is a Unix system for the mac, such as xenix or something......?
rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) (02/01/91)
In article <15531@milton.u.washington.edu> ephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) writes: > Wondering if there is a Unix system for the mac, such as xenix or >something......? Sure. It's from Apple, it's called AU/X, it's in Version 2.0, and it's gotten excellent reviews in most of the magazines in the past few months. They say it has an excellent Mac-like GUI (but you can use a command line too), and you can run Mac OS programs under Multifinder simultaneously on the same desktop. I've never used it myself. -- - Rich Holmes rich@suhep.bitnet Syracuse U. Physics Dept. rich@suhep.phy.syr.edu or if you must: rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu "The United States -- Making the World Safe For Monarchy!"
lakeman@plains.NoDak.edu (Brian Lakeman) (02/02/91)
In article <1991Feb1.151520.23138@rodan.acs.syr.edu> rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes: >In article <15531@milton.u.washington.edu> ephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) writes: >> Wondering if there is a Unix system for the mac, such as xenix or >>something......? > There is also Minix for the Mac, I believe it's $125-$150. |\/\/\/\/| | | "She's married, man!" | | | (o o) / c _) / Brian Lakeman | ,____/ lakeman@plains.nodak.edu (Internet) | / uunet!plains!lakeman (UUCP) lakeman@plains (Bitnet) /______\
n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) (02/02/91)
In article <7880@plains.NoDak.edu> lakeman@plains.NoDak.edu (Brian Lakeman) writes: >In article <1991Feb1.151520.23138@rodan.acs.syr.edu> rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes: >>In article <15531@milton.u.washington.edu> ephrem@hardy.u.washington.edu (Bo Jackson) writes: >>> Wondering if there is a Unix system for the mac, such as xenix or >>>something......? >> >There is also Minix for the Mac, I believe it's $125-$150. First, MINIX is $169, available from Prentice-Hall. Second, MINIX is for people interested in learning to design and code operating systems -- MINIX is a replica of V7 UNIX. MINIX runs as a normal application; MINIX programs run under this application. (The OS kernel is the application, and provides a proper UNIX 'environment'). I've had MINIX since November; it is not usable for everyday type tasks -- it's just too slow for that. MINIX is for learning OS design and implemen- tation. See the comp.os.minix newsgroup. On the other hand, the information I received from Tenon made the MachTen system very attractive at it's intro $495 tag. Normal list price for MachTen is $595 (I'm pretty sure) and it's being tested now. There is also something called MacIdris from WhiteSmiths. Please don't ask me for any other info; all I know about MacIdris and MachTen is above. Hope this helps someone... +----------------------+--------------------------+ | Brent P. Burton | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu | | Texas A&M University | Computer Science/Physics | +----------------------+--------------------------+