ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) (01/25/91)
Recently, the AmigaSIG group at Carnegie Mellon University has been attempting to convince the administration to accept Amigas as an official campus-supported computer, as are IBMs and Macs. However, for some reason, the administration requires us to have Mach. In an attempt to appease the administration, we've begun a project to port Mach over to the Amiga. However, we've run into a stumbling block: Commodore, unfortunately, has decided that they cannot lend us any help due to their contract agreements with AT&T and the Unix deal. So, my question is thus: Has anyone tried to port Mach to the Amiga, and if so, how? Any responses would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, ----------------------------------------- Laurence David Silverman ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University -----------------------------------------
stefanb@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker) (01/30/91)
ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) writes: > Commodore, unfortunately, has decided that they cannot lend us any help >due to their contract agreements with AT&T and the Unix deal. So, my >question is thus: :-( >Has anyone tried to port Mach to the Amiga, and if so, how? Why not start a porting project? If the source is available without a hefty price tag (unlike AT&T), I would be interested to work on the port. With GCC in our hands this should not be impossible. Anyone interested? Stefan -- Mail : Stefan Becker, Holsteinstrasse 9, D-5100 Aachen /// Only Phone : +49-241-505705 FIDO: 2:242/7.6 Germany /// Amiga makes Domain: stefanb@informatik.rwth-aachen.de \\\/// it possible.. Bang : ..mcvax!unido!rwthinf!stefanb \XX/ -->A3000/25<--
rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) (01/31/91)
In article <stefanb.665235258@kaa>, stefanb@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker) writes: > ls3c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Laurence D. Silverman) writes: >> Commodore, unfortunately, has decided that they cannot lend us any help >>due to their contract agreements with AT&T and the Unix deal. So, my >>question is thus: > > :-( > >>Has anyone tried to port Mach to the Amiga, and if so, how? > > Why not start a porting project? If the source is available without a hefty > price tag (unlike AT&T), I would be interested to work on the port. With GCC in > our hands this should not be impossible. The reason Carnegie Melon wants the Amiga to run MACH is because MACH was written at CM for the NeXT. I don't know if CM still does updates for it though, or if NeXT, Inc, is doing it. Somewhere on the CMU campus is probably the source for MACH. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o__)\ rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET / ) RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu / / ____ R.COLLINS1 (On GEnie) /(____/__(_) o)_/ /) [ || ] Atari Computers, "There is no Substitute." [ || ] They're not just Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er geniryvat // || \\ for breakfast gbb pybfr! // || \\ anymore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) (02/01/91)
> The reason Carnegie Melon wants the Amiga to run MACH is because MACH was > written at CM for the NeXT. I don't know if CM still does updates for it > though, or if NeXT, Inc, is doing it. Not only that, but the powers that be won't even consider making the Amiga a university-supported campus system unless Mach exists for it. (And it's CMU, not CM.) Mike Shapiro ms0p@andrew.cmu.edu I don't live in fantasy; I only work there.