Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!reed!glacier!busker!f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Andrew.Bennett From: Andrew.Bennett@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Andrew Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: A/UX on Mac : Need an overview Message-ID: <682.2783DF45@busker.fidonet.org> Date: 27 Dec 90 22:53:08 GMT Sender: ufgate@busker.fidonet.org (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 1:226/20 - cmhGate UF Gateway, Columbus OH Lines: 49 Reply-To: abennett@athena.mit.edu In article <19450@netcom.UUCP>, lpendley@netcom.UUCP (Lou Pendley) writes: I> i am looking into the Mac, as a new world to venture into. i I> would greatly appreciate any info on Unix running on the Mac. i I> need to know basically at least the following questions: I> I> a) is it the same look and feel of the typical Mac It has some Mac look & feel features, but it also supports standard Unix shells (prompt and all). I> b) must you purchase special Mac software that only runs under A/UX The Mac OS runs as a task under A/UX. It's the same as any other Mac OS, so you can run anything in it you want. I> c) does anybody make software to run on A/UX Anything that compiles under other Unix systems should port over easily. If you want graphics, you can run X-Windows, too. I don't buy shrink-wrapped Unix software, so I can't really say who is making what for A/UX right now. I> d) has the industry accepted it as a viable Unix platform I don't know about industry, but the Air Force did. I> your input is greatly appreciated. No problem. Hope it helped. I> lou. -Drew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@mit.edu MIT Room 11-124H abennett%athena@mitvma.bitnet 77 Massachusetts Ave. Phone: (617) 253-7174 Cambridge, MA 02139 -- + Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Andrew Bennett - via FidoNet node 1:105/14 UUCP: ...!{uunet!glacier, ..reed.bitnet}!busker!226!20!Andrew.Bennett INTERNET: Andrew.Bennett@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG