Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:51:56 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: parv@pair.com Subject: Re: OT: Nachos - simulated OS Message-ID: <20040901035156.59742.qmail@web53907.mail.yahoo.com>
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it was said: >I suppose i am feeling lazy to compile gas, binutils, & gcc (which >would make the 3d instance) from source to be cross-compile-able due >to lack of a port. Speaking of which ... Nachos has been reported to >be ported to FreeBSD, btw. (Hint, Hint.) Hello, Did you read the entire page that said a FBSD port existed? Look more closely: >Existing ports: MIPS, Sparc (sunos and solaris), Alpha, linux, >netbsd and freebsd, RS/6000, 68000 Mac (unsupported), and HP. > >1 >Can NACHOS run on VAX6420/Ultrix? >--------------------------------- >Haven't tried it. It should run over any version of Ultrix, but not >definitely sure yet. >2 >Can NACHOS run on NexT? >----------------------- >Haven't tried it. Haven't heard of any report of it. Run on NexT? What? >2 >Can NACHOS run on Windows? >-------------------------- >No. Not at this time. We're planning to port but it turned out >harder than it appeared; now that Win95 (finally, a real OS from >Microsoft!) is out, maybe we'll try it again. "[N]ow that Win95...is out"? How old is this information? >From the bug list: Thu, 12 Oct 95 >From the introduction: March 1, 1994 >From the "roadmap": February 3, 1997 The "roadmap" date is the latest one I could find, and that is on a linked site. The latest on the site itself is Spring 1996. Hint, hint, Stheg 2 Can NACHOS run on Windows? -------------------------- No. Not at this time. We're planning to port but it turned out harder than it appeared; now that Win95 (finally, a real OS from Microsoft!) is out, maybe we'll try it again. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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