Subj : Re: Synchronet can maybe.
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Jul 28 2005 12:57 am

  Re: Re: Synchronet can maybe.
  By: Time Warrior to Tracker1 on Tue Jul 26 2005 08:02 am

 >  > > I don't understand why Synchronet will not run on OSX. OSX is Linux and
 >  > > **KNOW** Synchronet will run on LInux!
 > 
 >  > OSX is *NOT* Linux.. it's based on Darwin (BSD derivative with a micro-ke
 >  > core) ... Also, the biggest issue is that the mac processors (outside of 
 >  > new intel/x86 version of OSX for developers) use a big-endian byte order,
 > 
 > 
 > AFAIK, Linux, BSD, etc... are all originally based on Unix :-)
 > 
 > So was DOS for that mater. I think DOS was basically like "Unix for Dummies"
 > lol :-)

No, DOS v1.0 was basically a clone of CP/M. DOS 2.0 introduced hierarchical
directory structures (ala Unix), but it was still more CP/M than Unix.

 > DOS is the only command prompt OS (that I know of) besides Linux, Unix, 
 > BSD, etc... type OS's.

Most OSes have a "command prompt" of some type.

                                                  digital man

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