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From: verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Verber)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: Mach on a Mac...
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Date: 21 Sep 89 12:10:32 GMT
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Reply-To: verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Mark A. Verber)
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I am sure there are people out there that can give you an "offical" answer
to Mach on a MacII... but in the mean time...  My understanding is that
a Mach port (first cut) is done.  A number of people have seen it at CMU
and at Usenix (in the Mt Xinu booth).

The agreement between CMU and Mt Xinu is that CMU will continue to do Mach
releases to sites that won't bother CMU once they are given a tape, i.e.
people who know what they are doing and can handle beta software.  This
will be done so quick changes can get out the door to researchers.  Since
the Mach sources are in one large source tree it should be possible to
biuld Mach for the MacII from one of the CMU tapes (they might even do
a release specificly for the MacII, who knows.)

Xt Xinu is contracted by DOD to handle a "production" release on Mach.
The cost will not be great since it is funded by DOD.  I understand that
the first release should be 1st Q 1990.  I believe all the details for
the MacII release have been taken care of, for awhile the was some
question as to what Apple was going to do since some of the drivers for
the MacII came from them, but I think that is all cleared up now.
-- 
Mark A. Verber
System Programmer, Physics Department, Ohio State University
verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu
(614) 292-8002