[SunRescue] FYI:MacOS update

Tim Hauber tim_hauber at STEV.net
Fri Feb 4 08:16:28 CST 2000


This from MacOS Rumors site yesterday:
>[Evening] Slashdot confirms Darwin port to Transmeta's Crusoe 
>From reader reports:
>In case you did not know, Slashdot has a thread on your report rumoring
>Apple exploring alternative processors. CmdrTaco posted that he has
>independent, anonymous confirmation that this is going on. Here is the
>link: http://slashdot.org/articles/00/02/03/0911224.shtml
>
>SGI sources could not confirm or deny the MIPS port of Darwin, but did
>mention that MIPS's future is very uncertain and that the likelihood of
>Apple choosing the platform over PowerPC is low. In addition to the
>"anonymous source" confirmation from Slashdot, others close to the Darwin
>project have weighed in that Apple is expressing quiet but renewed
>interest in having Darwin populated to multiple platforms...

The other bit of rumor that is floating around is Darwin on AMD Athlon,
bypassing the x86 emulation.

Tim







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