From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Oct 6 19:43:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guppy.pond.net (guppy.pond.net [205.240.25.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5C714F96 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:43:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gryph@mindless.com) Received: from mindless.com (snapuser2-89.pacificcrest.net [216.36.34.89]) by guppy.pond.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA29723; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37FC0834.10942EB3@mindless.com> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 19:40:52 -0700 From: "D.M.P." Organization: dmp@aracnet.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM, kris@airnet.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC) References: <199910070144.SAA21696@usr09.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message