Apple Unix Before Mac OS X

cascadefx writes "I found a great article over at Applefritter about Unix on an Apple before Mac OS X. It seems that Apple played with a commercial version of Unix (AT&T Unix to be exact) on top of which ran the good old 68K Mac OS stuff. Great piece that covers a lot of the UI and architecture. It also has screen shots of the thing up and running in 2001, and the author steps through issues like networking and compiling code on the platform. Enjoy." The article's a good read, and brings back some fond memories ...

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Network Server 500/700 running AIX

[Gogo Dodo]

An odder curiosity than A/UX was the Network Server 500/700 that ran AIX.

Re:I seem to remember that FSF killed A/UX

[tchuladdiass]

Actually, they didn't "forbid" it per se, as in they didn't have it in their license that you couldn't port it to Apple, however they did formally protest it, and encouraged others to not support GNU software on Apple. The software they distributed contained an /etc/Apple.txt file that had a rant about it.

Re:just A/UX, no big secret

[Fluffy the Cat]

Except for the NuBus PPC's (when you're using a NuBus slot!)

Have you seen http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/?

X also

[Jebediah21]

Apple also had an X Client as well. I found both the CD's in a drawer in the SysAdmin's office. I should borrow them sometime and get it installed on my old 9500, but with YellowDog out and my lack of time I don't think it will happen anytime soon.