I think that the IIsi is mysteriously linked to the spirit of NetBSD
mac-68k...it's essence! :)

[a IIsi NetBSD junkie!]


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On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Kelvin Chu wrote:
> 
> > NetBSD1.2.  I'm running the generic distribution on a MacIIsi, and I'm 
> 
> Hmmm.  This is interesting.  So far, at least three of the people who have
> responded are using IIsi's.  Was that just a high-seller, or is there some
> kind of correlation between the group of people who bought IIsi's and the
> group of people who are interested in running free un*x clones on their
> Macs?  Anybody?  :-)
> 
> > The one thing that makes me very happy, PARTICULARLY in comparison to other
> > Un*xy releases for the Mac 68k platform is that there *IS* documentation
> > for NetBSD, and the people who are doing the development are pleasant
> > to deal with.   They don't seem to be ego-driven coders with a huge chip on
> > their shoulders.
> 
> Yeah, that can be a problem with some free un*x systems.
> 
> > On a side note, someone asked earlier if this newslist could be distributed
> > in a 'digest' format.  I'd support such an option: those of us who want to
> > read everything for the .misc list, but not in a play-by-play format would
> > appreciate it.  I suppose one could just ftp the new archive files from
> > 
> >       ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/mailing-lists/port-mac68k
> > 
> > but it would be cooler if whatever script is archiving these letters would
> > just send off the new file everytime it reached the requisite size (~50Kb).
> > If this is an option, I vote 'yes'.
> 
> If there's not an option on the listserv for that, it ought to be easy
> enough to set something up.  One possibility would be to create a
> port-mac68k-d list on some box that _does_ support digesting, and set a
> replies-to/reply-to field to encourage submissions to the digested list to
> instead go to the port-mac68k list.  Then, just add the port-mac68k-d list
> to the subscriber list of the port-mac68k list.  I'd be willing to try it
> on my box if there are a number of people interested, at least on a trial
> basis (i.e. if the box crashes too much, the digested list is history).
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Later,
> 
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