From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Feb 5 13:54:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08580 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:54:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08575 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:54:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA23308; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 08:57:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199902052157.IAA23308@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: alpha PC In-Reply-To: from Don at "Feb 5, 1999 4:45:38 pm" To: don@calis.BlackSun.org (Don) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 08:57:04 +1100 (EST) Cc: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Don wrote: > If we are going to spend so much time re-explaining everything every time > someone asks I will gladly set up FreeBSD Alpha web pages dealing with > the history of the project and the design problems faced by the project. > These pages could also detail some of the specifics like the ARC vs SRM vs > MILO deal so that all of the information is in one place. (I realize there > are explanations out there already but it would nice to be able to go to > www.freebsd.org/alpha and get the complete state of the alpha port along > with history to we can just tell ppl to go to http://www.freebsd.org/alpha > for more info) I believe there is also a currently supported hardware list > and the two sets of pages could be linked. I think that web page contributions would be useful. Just be prepared for the nit-pick sessions that result. 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message