Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:01:49 -0700 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: Gilbert Fernandes <gilbert.fernandes@spamcop.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Mach kernel and Unix over 68k : well before OS X Message-ID: <ED3591C6-6388-43A7-8E53-F3637009D4D4@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <20051119184713.GA32441@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOENBFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20051119192941.zuo0kgggw4ck4o88@webmail.spamcop.net> <20051119184713.GA32441@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Nov 19, 2005, at 11:47 AM, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 07:29:41PM +0100, Gilbert Fernandes wrote: > <snip> >> But "Unix" has been available for MacOS users for a long time, >> far before MacOS X went out and using a Mach kernel. >> >> It has been since 1996, over a Mach kernel. > > Apple had its own UNIX running on 68k hardware since 1998: A/UX. Way before 98. I used AU/X in 1990/91 time frame. I think you have a typo as the wikipedia entry you posted says 1988 best Chad > See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/UX > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as > plain text. > public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net
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