From owner-freebsd-platforms Mon Mar 10 22:31:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA00335 for platforms-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00327 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 22:31:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id RAA14422; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:01:25 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703110631.RAA14422@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FAQ? In-Reply-To: <9703110614.AA29992@localhost> from Kim Shrier at "Mar 11, 97 00:14:51 am" To: kim@tinker.com Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:01:25 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kim Shrier stands accused of saying: > > > Can you tell us a little more about your plans? Are you just looking > > for something to toy with, or do you have a plan of action of some > > sort? Which PPC plaform are you looking at targetting? What > > documentation do you have? Have you looked at the NetBSD port yet? > > I have no plan of action. I like the ppc and I use FreeBSD at home and at > work. I use my position as network administrator to displace as many > Windows NT systems as possible and replace them with FreeBSD. I have a Heh. I vote you a medal immediately 8) > 133 mhz BeBox at home, which has 2 133 mhz 603e processors. If there is an > effort to port FreeBSD to the ppc, I thought I could help in my spare time. Cool. There may well be something like that; there are a number of Be users/hackers around the camp. Sadly, the demise of Be as a hardware vendor has made the whole thing less motivating 8( > I haven't looked at the NetBSD port yet, but I will now. I would certainly consider it an excellent place to start. > Kim Shrier -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[