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FYI, I have more-or-less complete manual sets for 1.0 and 2.0, should anybody need references to cite on specific points. Stan 22:52, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Missed oportunity
This could have been the next generation of the Mac OS. Since it can run most Mac applications this could. Since this this also could have saved the the System 7 and other classical Mac OS apps> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.109.71.106 (talk) 23:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
- That certainly may be true - but we need to have a primary source saying so. The article reports on what has been written on the topic by notable sources, not what we as editors think. MFNickster 20:26, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hmm...
wasn't this used by the government? i remember reading that they required Unix. I'll add it in. -HuBmaN!!!! 19:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Finder as a Unix-Task?
Actually running an A/UX box since a long time I think this is a wrong statement. Looking on the output of ps -edf on such a box, you'll see:
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME COMMAND
root 0 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 swapper
root 1 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:01 /etc/init
root 2 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 vhand
root 3 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 kmemd
root 4 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 asiod
root 5 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 asiod
root 6 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 asiod
root 7 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 asiod
root 8 0 0 23:48:56 ? 0:00 syncd
root 149 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/rpc.lockd
root 11 1 0 23:48:57 ? 0:01 /etc/fidd
poc 166 1 0 23:49:35 console 0:02 sh /mac/bin/mac32
root 127 1 0 23:49:28 ? 0:00 /usr/lib/errdemon
poc 179 166 1 23:49:52 console 0:17 /mac/bin/startmac
root 132 1 0 23:49:29 ? 0:00 /etc/portmap
root 135 1 0 23:49:29 ? 0:00 /etc/ypbind -ypsetme
root 138 1 0 23:49:29 ? 0:00 /etc/cron
root 141 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/biod 4
root 142 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/biod 4
root 143 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/biod 4
root 144 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/biod 4
root 147 1 0 23:49:30 ? 0:00 /etc/rpc.statd
root 156 1 0 23:49:31 ? 0:00 /etc/in.routed
root 158 1 0 23:49:32 ? 0:00 /etc/inetd
poc 180 166 0 23:49:52 console 0:02 /mac/bin/CommandShell -u
root 161 1 0 23:49:32 ? 0:00 /etc/syslogd
root 181 158 2 23:51:19 p0 0:00 in.telnetd c0a83b05.55515
poc 182 181 6 23:51:19 p0 0:01 -bash
poc 189 182 29 23:51:26 p0 0:00 ps -edf
So, there's no Finder as a Unix-Task itself but the CommandShell is a true hybrid application which runs in both environments concurrently. I verified that by quitting CommandShell from the Finder and looking on ps -edf again. CommandShell has vanished on both worlds.
I'd be very interested if I miss something or the information in the article is just wrong.
--217.28.105.2 (talk) 21:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- All processes running under A/UX are Unix processes, but the Finder interface is emulated by startmac/mac32.
- The file directory in the A/UX 3.0 documentation describes them this way:
- /mac/bin/startmac - binary executable for startmac(1) - start the A/UX Finder environment
- /mac/bin/startmac24 - binary executable for startmac24(24-bit version of startmac(1))
- /mac/bin/mac24 - executable shell script for mac24(launch the 24-bit Macintosh environment)
- /mac/bin/mac32 - executable shell script for mac32(launch the 32-bit Macintosh environment)
- MFNickster (talk) 00:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
