Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 13:48:08 -0500 From: "Pedro Fernando Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC) Message-ID: <37FA47E8.DE86C509@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991005204642.37031F-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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Actually, there was also a recent 68x port somewhere, look in the
-hackers archives...somewhere.
cheers,
Pedro.
Narvi wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Kris Kirby wrote:
>
> > It wasn't that long ago that I began to think about the fact that Apple
> > had contacted the FreeBSD folks (-core, I think) about including some
> > parts into Mac OS X. For some reason, I thought about the possiblity of
> > porting FreeBSD to the "Mac" platform and was suddenly enlightened.
> > However, if Mac OS X doesn't run on 68K machines, I see no reason why we
> > can't ask for a little help in porting...
> >
> > Of course, I'm one to speak. The only Mac I own doesn't work.
>
> Look in the archives of FreeBSD-sparc on when (and how) to ask a
> commercial entity for help.
>
> The demand for freebsd that runs on 68x machines is probably low to very
> low. Especially has NetBSD has been available for some time and FreeBSD
> doesn't (AFAIK) support VME yet.
>
> > --
> > Kris Kirby
> > <kris@airnet.net>
> > -------------------------------------------
> > TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> >
> >
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