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Date:      Tue, 5 Oct 1999 20:54:14 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.991005204642.37031F-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <37FA3107.13B3B673@airnet.net>

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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Kris Kirby wrote:

> It wasn't that long ago that I began to think about the fact that Apple
> had contacted the FreeBSD folks (-core, I think) about including some
> parts into Mac OS X. For some reason, I thought about the possiblity of
> porting FreeBSD to the "Mac" platform and was suddenly enlightened.
> However, if Mac OS X doesn't run on 68K machines, I see no reason why we
> can't ask for a little help in porting...
> 
> Of course, I'm one to speak. The only Mac I own doesn't work.

Look in the archives of FreeBSD-sparc on when (and how) to ask a
commercial entity for help. 

The demand for freebsd that runs on 68x machines is probably low to very
low. Especially has NetBSD has been available for some time and FreeBSD
doesn't (AFAIK) support VME yet.

> -- 
> Kris Kirby 
> <kris@airnet.net>
> -------------------------------------------
> TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> 
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