MacOS X is *NOT* the first Unix based Operating System for Apple Macintosh's
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 07:00 PM
Posted by Administrator
Recently I have seen some pictures from A/UX ... a UNIX OS running on - at least - 68030 Macintosh's, according to this >>
A/UX Compatibility List<< from Apple itself.
Some screenshots:
and
also
and
So Apple had much earlier a working Unix *with* graphical user interface !
And the best - you can still download it, if you know for what filename you have to search.
Just search for AUX_3.0.1_Install_Boot_Disk.diskcopy_image.bin ...
P.S.: Or visit
*this* ftp-site or
*this* http-site.
Some for A/UX compiled programs can be found also here:
http://www.nleymann.de/appleAUX/Hints/Help for A/UX installation and multi-boot can be found here:
http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/os/aux/Added later: http://www.aux-penelope.com/ has also some very interesting article entries about all three A/UX versions.
[Update: Meanwhile the site seems to be offline. Use
THIS entry from archive.org]
Recommended !