Re: Rewriting computing history...

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <pan.2002.12.19.02.27.14.997788@junkbuster.zzn.com>,
 "Stephen Shaw" <bottrawler@junkbuster.zzn.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:36:09 +0000, Greg Buchner wrote:
> 
> > OS X is sort of like GS/OS with GNO.  If you had GNO installed, you could
> > pretty much ignore it and stick with the GUI, but if you want the command
> > line, it's there.
> 
> Could you 'hack' a machine from that command line? What I mean by that is
> something similar to what you can do at the BASIC prompt on any Apple II
> range computer i.e. catalog, run etc.? 
> 	I was always under the impression that Mac's were boring because they
> were GUI only.

If you're referring to the OS X command line that I mentioned above, 
it's a full BSD Unix setup.  It all depends on what you've installed.  
If you install the developer tools, you have more options.

Greg B.

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