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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Tenon Unix for the Mac: Can this be real?
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Date: 3 Jan 91 08:47:28 GMT
References: <1991Jan2.194204.28000@spectra.com>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In comp.unix.aux, article <1991Jan2.194204.28000@spectra.com>,
  scott@spectra.com (Tim Scott) writes:
< It sounds too good to be true: BSD 4.3 Reno on top of Mach,
< NFS, TCP/IP, all running on the entire Macintosh line, not
< just Mac IIs or 68000+68881. Full Macintosh application 
< compatibility, priced at $495 (special intro.  offer)
< 
< Is this some marketing person's idea of a joke?  Has anyone
< seen it run?  I await anyone's reponses, breath bated.
< 
So, now for the questions..:
- Is that a "pure" BSD Reno, or did they use the Mach x.y stuff?
  If so, which values for x and y (2.5, 2.6, 3.0)?
- File systems available for Unix applications? (MacOS, A/UX-compatible BSD
  and SysV partitions)
- Access to Communications Toolbox? (Fake ttys, whatever)
- Does it run on regular background time, or via a scheduler?
  (Time Manager?) I.e. do Unix tasks continue to run when you 
  run Hypercard bseides it, under MultiFinder, and you press the mouse button
  in the menu bar or a window title bar?
- What will they do about System 7.0?
- Voice and Fax phone numbers? (Please keep in mind that 800 numbers aren't
  reachable from outside the US.) Address?

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