Available Platforms :

The command line mode of Newtonlink is written in Perl, and therefore should run on every platform where Perl is available. The graphical user interface is written in Tcl/Tk, which is also available for most platforms. Please contact newtonlink@newton.bawue.de, if you have any suggestions or enhancements for running Newtonlink on other platforms.


Linux/Intel

This is the main development platform for Newtonlink. Newtonlink is tested with :


Linux/PPC

Andrew Maier reports that he runs Newtonlink on a Linux/PPC system.


Linux/Alpha

Eric Bohm reports that he runs Newtonlink on a Linux/Alpha system.


FreeBSD

Stephan Kauss reports that he runs Newtonlink on a FreeBSD system.


Sun Solaris

Mark R. Bowyer did all tests with Newtonlink under Solaris. Please contact Mark if you have any special problems under Solaris.


SGI Irix

Gerald Hofer did all enhancements of Newtonlink for SGI Irix. Please contact Gerald if you have any special problems under Irix.


HP-UX

Roland Tanglao did all enhancements of Newtonlink for HP-UX. Please contact Roland if you have any special problems under HP-UX.


OS/2

Ralph Scharpf did the port to OS/2. Please contact Ralph if you have any special problems under OS/2.

Using Newtonlink under OS/2 makes no sense with applications like Xrolodex and Plan, but the options -pr, -nsmail, -nsadr, -getpkg, -getpnam -send, -inst, -soupinfo, and -input will work.


Platforms under development :

MkLinux

Gerhard Kurz works on an enhancement of Newtonlink for MkLinux. Please contact Gerhard if you have any special problems under MkLinux.

Do not use the Linux/Intel version under MkLinux ! Because setserial is currently not correct ported for MkLinux, the Newtonlink call to setserial destroys your serial devices under /dev/.