From owner-freebsd-ppc Tue Jan 23 21:32:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from food.perl.org (c1047026-a.potlnd1.or.home.com [24.12.190.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D4037B402 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:32:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from masque@localhost) by food.perl.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA79757; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:32:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from masque) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:32:12 -0800 From: Renton Bilburg To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: New toy? Message-ID: <20010123213212.G78424@food.perl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/23.briq.shtml Summary: New PPC 'appliance' - G3 or G4, total size about that of a standard CD-ROM drive. I mention this here because this seems like -exactly- the type of device that FreeBSD on PPC is aiming at - if we can convince the manufacturer of this, perhaps they'll donate one to the cause? Masque. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-ppc Tue Jan 23 21:36: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mail.jeamland.net (rafe.jeamland.net [203.18.243.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C430C37B400 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:35:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.jeamland.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 013A970606; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:35:41 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 16:35:41 +1100 From: Benno Rice To: Renton Bilburg Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New toy? Message-ID: <20010124163541.E44446@rafe.jeamland.net> References: <20010123213212.G78424@food.perl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ExXT7PjY8AI4Hyfa" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010123213212.G78424@food.perl.org>; from masque@pobox.com on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:32:12PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --ExXT7PjY8AI4Hyfa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:32:12PM -0800, Renton Bilburg wrote: > http://www.maccentral.com/news/0101/23.briq.shtml >=20 > Summary: New PPC 'appliance' - G3 or G4, total size about that of > a standard CD-ROM drive. I mention this here because this seems > like -exactly- the type of device that FreeBSD on PPC is aiming=20 > at - if we can convince the manufacturer of this, perhaps they'll > donate one to the cause? I've sent an email to them asking if they're willing to assist in getting FreeBSD running on their hardware. If people want to mail in and convince them that there's demand we'll have an easier time of it. Otherwise, we can only hope. =3D) --=20 Benno Rice benno@FreeBSD.org --ExXT7PjY8AI4Hyfa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjpuaa0ACgkQbQx7xhW+Eg7IQACgyJgfMuKDqa3yoxeAc7nRT1Ss 06UAoJSQgDwr21Bxj6z/BS5pD4suMfj2 =QEaz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ExXT7PjY8AI4Hyfa-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-ppc Tue Jan 23 21:41:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from food.perl.org (c1047026-a.potlnd1.or.home.com [24.12.190.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09F337B400; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:41:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from masque@localhost) by food.perl.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA79807; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:40:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from masque) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:40:57 -0800 From: Renton Bilburg To: Benno Rice Cc: Renton Bilburg , freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New toy? Message-ID: <20010123214057.I78424@food.perl.org> References: <20010123213212.G78424@food.perl.org> <20010124163541.E44446@rafe.jeamland.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.2i In-Reply-To: <20010124163541.E44446@rafe.jeamland.net>; from benno@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:35:41PM +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 04:35:41PM +1100, Benno Rice wrote: > I've sent an email to them asking if they're willing to assist in getting > FreeBSD running on their hardware. If people want to mail in and convince > them that there's demand we'll have an easier time of it. Done! Well... Attempted! We'll see what they say. Masque. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ppc" in the body of the message