Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!alicudi.usc.edu!crum From: crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Mac Software on a NeXT ??? PLEASE!! Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 02:53:05 GMT References: <15174@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <11631@hub.ucsb.edu> <49623@ut-emx.uucp> <1991May29.174221.14752@wam.umd.edu> Sender: news@usc Organization: University of Southern California Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: alicudi.usc.edu In-reply-to: mikec@wam.umd.edu's message of 29 May 91 17:42:21 GMT Originator: crum@alicudi.usc.edu In article <1991May29.174221.14752@wam.umd.edu> mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) writes: > One of the biggest problems was the fact that the Mac OS wants complete > control of the computer. Unix doesn't seem to care for that. Apparently, > in order for the Mac Emulator to work, it would have to kick out the NeXT > OS completely. Who wants that? A/UX (as of 2.0) runs Macintosh binaries on top of a UNIX kernel, and at the last USENIX, Macintosh binaries were demonstrated on top of the Mach operating system. That is, it has been demonstrated that it is not necessary to "kick out" underlying operating systems in order to run Macintosh executables. The support of AppleTalk and IP in A/UX and the fact that those network protocols are available to traditional Macintosh programs when running on top of A/UX is particularly interesting. Gary