[1429] in NetBSD-Development
Re: [daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU : Olta for dorm computers]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Tue Feb 18 12:13:56 1997
To: maipopa@MIT.EDU
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU, bert@MIT.EDU,
Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Feb 1997 03:08:32 EST."
<199702180808.DAA00988@deliverator.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 12:13:35 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
Alexandru,
Currently, sis, hass-d, and xphedu exist for Linux and work if you add
the appropriate lockers (the same lockers you add for running them on
other platforms). For example, "add sis; sis" will run SIS.
Only OLTA does not currently exist under Linux and will be made
available at some point in the future. SIS and xphedu exist for
NetBSD as well. Someone should probably send email to the hass-d
locker maintainers to get a i386_nbsd1 symlink for NetBSD.
What "many others" are you referring to? Most widely-used software
that s available for other Athena platforms is available for Linux
and NetBSD. (The notable exception being Framemaker since Frame
doesn't have any interest in making a version for Linux).
Erik
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> [2021] daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexandru I Popa) Athena Software Suggestions 02/17/97 17:38 (18 lines)
> Subject: Olta for dorm computers
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:39:17 -0500
> To: suggest@MIT.EDU
> From: Alexandru I Popa <maipopa@MIT.EDU>
>
> Dear staff,
>
> I would suggest you to make olta programs that work with Lynux and
> NetBSD so that the students who are in their dorms with Win95 and one of
> these OS can access olta.
> Also, Hass-d, sis, and xphedu and many others don't work with Lynux
> from an IBM compatible PC like mine.
> Could you make these programs work with Lynux that is given to
> Resnet. Imagine that in 2005 all MIT students will have computers in their
> rooms.
