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From: memphis@macconnect.com (Garry Roseman)
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Subject: Re: BETA for any other OS?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:10:01 -0500
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Peter von der Ahé <nospam2159@cs.au.dk> wrote:

> >>>>> "SK" == Sascha Kimmel <kimmel@tricos.com> writes:
> 
>  SK> I only wonder that you support platforms as IRIX and HP-UX,
>  SK> although they are not "mainstream operating systems" for the
>  SK> "normal" end-user.
> 
> I can answer that (I think).
> 
> When BETA was designed UNIX was *the* platform.  Solaris, HP-UX and
> IRIX where the mainstream operating systems from that point of view.
> Further more, the Computer Science Department of University of Aarhus
> (DAIMI) had HP's and Suns at that time.  Later on we got SGI
> workstations as well, and BETA was ported so the students could use
> BETA on the newest and fastest computers...

Hoping you get the newest and fastest again (Linux running on PowerPC).

(* 
   You already compile your system to Linux386 with X-Windows.  It is a
small leap to compile to Linuxppc with X-Windows.  Then your students
could really enjoy breaking a gigaflop on the G4 PowerPC.
*)