Subject: Re: Which NetScape?
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
From: Matt Harrell <mharrell@sojourn1.sojourn.com>
List: port-amiga
Date: 04/04/1996 09:27:00
On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, David Gilbert wrote:
> For the Amiga, you should be looking for Sun3 executables on
> the net (or even better, NetBSD Sun3, or NetBSD Amiga). You can't run
> BSDI executables or Sun-sparc executables since they are for different
> processors --- even if someone made it so that you could run them, it
> would be gosh awful slow (Remember Pc-Task?).
>
> Anyways, I don't think that you'll find a version of Netscape
> that you can run on NetBSD Amiga. However, I have heard that there is
> a Mosaic compiled for the Sun3 (Mosaic requires Motif, which is not
> available for the NetBSD Amiga system, is available for SunOS-Sun3).
> I hear that there's a binary out there somewhere.
>
> Eventually, there should be a 'lesstif' version of Mosaic
> working --- but don't go holding your breath.
>
> Dave.
You're kidding. You mean to tell me (us) that there is NO graphical web
browser that I will be able to run on NetBSD on my Amiga? There isn't
one that can be compiled? That will put a serious damper on my
intentions to install NetBSD on my system.
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mharrell@sojourn.com 2MB chip/18MB fast RAM
240MB IDE hard disk
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