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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 1999 19:40:52 -0700
From:      "D.M.P." <gryph@mindless.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM, kris@airnet.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC)
Message-ID:  <37FC0834.10942EB3@mindless.com>
References:  <199910070144.SAA21696@usr09.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert 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.
> 
> FWIW:
> 
>         Name:           Palm Vx
>         Availability:   October 4
>         Cost:           $449 (http://www.palm.com/products/palmvx/index.html)
>         RAM:            8MB
>         Network:        iRDA
>         Processor:      68328   <-- Note
>         Keyboard:       Serial (KeySync Palm Keyboard DKP62, $69.00)
> 
> This is enough memory to run a 68x FreeBSD on a Palm Pilot.

Can a program written for a 680x0 processor run on the 68328?  If so,
I'd get one and put NetBSD on it just to silence those PalmLinux
people.

-- 
"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.  Truth
and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of
the human mind."  -- Cicero


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