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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 1999 08:31:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: m68k Support in FreeBSD (old thread) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908060812090.3455-100000@rac8.wam.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199908060621.XAA00424@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Mike Smith wrote:

> I've researched this guy a bit more, and I have to say I think it was a 
> hoax.

What a disappointment.  It would have been nice to see it running on the
Mac68k (or any other older platform, 8086? :).
 
> Uh, MacBSD is actually pretty nice.  Alan Briggs and team have done a 
> really good job of keeping it up-to-date and functional.  If I had to 
> pick a platform to run NetBSD on for reference, the 68k Mac would 
> feature high on the list (probably after the hp300, but that's another 
> story).

I realize this.  The comment stems from the fact the guy I am doing this
for would prefer FreeBSD for his Macs if the opportunity arose.  I think
I'll bring it into work on Monday and install NetBSD over the net then.

Jamie



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