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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Mac and A/UX
Keywords: Macintosh A/UX Unix Compatibility Mac-OS
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Date: 12 Sep 89 17:32:29 GMT
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>We are considering acquiring A/UX for a set of Mac systems where
>I work, and several questions have come up.  Can someone out there
>give me some pointers on A/UX (I don't know the first thing about it
>even though I know Unix).

It's System VR3 with a number of Berkeley extensions...

>First, we have a reasonably large investment in Mac-OS S/W and
>would like to continue to use it under A/UX.  Is this possible??

Yes. If a program is compatible, it'll run fine under A/UX. There are
specific parameters for compatibility (many are, actually, similar to System
7.0 compatibility). Word 4.0 and Excel 2.2 and Wingz all seem to run on it
just fine, from what I can tell (I've used them). There are some
limitations, and anything that tries to directly tweak hardware (telecom and
MIDI programs, for instance) won't work, but a fair amount of neat stuff
does. You can always, I might point out, simply reboot the machine back to
MacOS on request to work on stuff as well -- they coexist quite nicely on
the same machine.

>Second, are the Mac toolbox calls accessible from A/UX 'C'?? Will
>I be able to build an A/UX program that contains all of the nice
>User Interface toys from MacOS or will I be stuck with a character
>based UI??

Yes, again with certain documented limitations. The toolbox has been ported
over to A/UX.

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