On 10/04/02 10:34, "Victor Rehorst" <victor_at_newtontalk.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, BOURGUIGNON D DvSI/SNPI MTY wrote:
>
>> To speed up my development, I'm think use Linux. My questions are :
>>
>> - which tools are goods to use for installing pkg on newton
>
> UnixNPI:
> http://unixnpi.sf.net/
>
> or lpkg:
> http://www.unna.org/unna/unix/lpkg.tar.gz
>
>> - which tools are NOT goods
>> - is Basilik II running well on Linux (it does on Win$)
>
> It sure does.
>
>> BTW what is the best way to connect a Linux box to a Newton (this
>> basilik II running well, it surely the anwser of my questions ;-) ) ?
>
> Yup, running MacOS in BasiliskII is your best bet.
Hmmm, I would consider getting a real Mac to do that. You don't need a
recent model, an early PPC 601 would do the trick (7200, 7300 or even a
6100). I would think that this would save you a lot of headache.
But, that's just me...
-Laurent.
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