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From: drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu (David Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Another NEED for 32bit ROM upgrade...
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Date: 2 May 91 20:06:03 GMT
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In article <22556@natinst.natinst.com> davoli@natinst.com (Russell Davoli) 
writes:
> In article <233@hermix.UUCP>, lance@hermix.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse) 
writes:
> > >    WE CANNOT STATE OUR PRODUCTS ARE 32BIT CLEAN UNLESS WE TRY THEM!!!!
> > 
> > here is what someone at Apple sent me as a reply:
> > >You can test them under A/UX 2.0.
> 
> Aside from the reasons you mentioned, buying A/UX just won't cut it for
> driver developers.  As far as I know, MacOS drivers and UNIX drivers are
> far different beasts...

Besides, who wants to put up with all that Unix bullshit just to test 
their Mac programs? A/UX is nicer than most flavors of Unix, but it's 
still a pain in the ass.

David Gutierrez
drg@mdaali.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard