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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:01:25 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        kim@tinker.com
Cc:        freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FAQ?
Message-ID:  <199703110631.RAA14422@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9703110614.AA29992@localhost> from Kim Shrier at "Mar 11, 97 00:14:51 am"

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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

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