Web site: www.tenon.com/products/machten/
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: GUI
Architecture: Motorola 68000, PowerPC
Based on: 4.4BSD
Wikipedia: MachTen
Media: Install
The last version | Released: 4.1.4 | May unknown
MachTen – a BSD subsystem for MacOS 9 and below on 68k and PowerPC-based Macintosh.
MachTen is a product of Tenon Intersystems that provides a full BSD Unix environment as a subsystem of MacOS. MachTen is based on BSD 4.4 and the Mach kernel just like OPENSTEP and Mac OS, the difference is that you run the environment entirely from within MacOS. The product is available for both 68k-based Macs (Version 2.3) and PowerPC-based (Version 4.1.4, requires MacOS 9).
For many of those who waited for Apple to come out with a new Unix-based operating system after A/UX was withdrawn from sale in 1995 until the launch of Mac OS X in 2001, MachTen was a lifeline that allowed them to work in an environment they were used to despite remaining on Apple’s platform.
MachTen is a mature software product, under development since 1989. In 1991, when it was first introduced, it received the MacUser “Best Connectivity” Eddy Award. In 1994, it was included in UNIX World’s “Best Products of 1994”. The MachTen UNIX virtual machine amplifies and extends MacOS. It includes hundreds of commands and utilities and a complete suite of UNIX client and server networking services integrated with MacOS. It supports industry-standard C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Fortran, and Ada software development tools.
Tenon Intersystems was founded in 1989 to create software that combined PC functionality with the sytem-oriented benefits of workstation technology.
