Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:08:10 -0700 From: "D.M.P." <gryph@mindless.com> To: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC) Message-ID: <37FBE46A.F0D3147B@mindless.com> References: <XFMail.991006170707.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>
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Will Andrews wrote: > > On 06-Oct-99 D.M.P. wrote: > > Don't count 68k's out just yet. There's quite a few Performa and > > Quadra systems still in use as firewall boxes or low-traffic mail > > servers. Just as one would use a 486 for the same jobs with FreeBSD. > > True, however, the difference can be spelled out in three letters - PCI. Three little letters that aren't needed when you're talking about gatewaying a dialup or ISDN connection. Even my DSL line here at home runs full-speed through a 3c509 on a 486DX33. -- "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Truth and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind." -- Cicero To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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