Subject: Re: ADB interface
To: Brian Wimberly <brianw@scripps.edu>
From: Adam Forsyth <forsytad@martin.luther.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/05/1996 18:33:44
> I thought a bit about how one might get more info on the powerbook
> 1xx ADB interface. I guess the obvious thing would be to try to
> convince Apple to release some of their docs. Apple's commitment
> to MkLinux on the PowerPC does suggest that they do realize that
> there is a significant number of technically oriented people who
> are more likely to stick with Macintosh if they can run UNIX on
> their Mac. However, in this case it's clear that they wouldn't sell
> any more hardware by releasing such docs, so my guess is they wouldn't
> release anything. 

Wouldn't they potentially sell less macs if they helped with a 68k 
version of a unix?  As it stands, or will stand, people can upgrade to a 
power mac, and they will not only have the macos, but can run liunux.  If 
they helped the 68k port, then people would have unix on their older 
macs, and that would not speed their purchase of a power mac.

> Would it be any use to try to get some advice from Tenon? Surely
> MachTen and NetBSD/Mac68k are different enough products, with
> sufficiently different target buyers, that Tenon wouldn't lose
> much in the way of market share by providing some advice on 
> the powerbook ADB interface.

I wonder if they know.  Since Machten runs on top of the macOS wouldn't 
that all be taken care of for them?

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