This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#163539-
UPS & sw for A/UX?
Message #164155
Ned, If your UPS sends some sort of command string over a serial line, it easy to write a process that would parse the string and trigger a shutdown under A/UX. If the two serial ports of the Mac are already used, you need an additional serial line interface and…
#163521-
DeskWriter and A/UX
Message #164154
Bob, Drivers are in the A/UX kernel and are the only pieces of software that can access the hardware directly. A/UX provides an environment for what a Mac driver (PRER) "sees". Because this environment does not allow hardware access, it is possible that some Mac drivers return errors while initializing.…
David, I am not sure that there is a set of agreed on features that RISC architectures must comply with to be dubbed as pure RISC. One of the issues is for example uniform instruction width. You can read more about RISC systems in relation with the PPC in: -…
Geoff, No, I haven't seen recent formal OS annoucements from Apple. I am looking forward to see them posted here. Alberic
#163454-
PowerOpen
Message #163793
Geoff, > it will run on Sun and HP machines … I think that it will provide > a full emulation of the mac. On their own Unix A/UX, Apple does not provide a "full emulation". What you have today under A/UX 3.0 is System 7.0.1 with a bunch of…