From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Oct 31 11: 3:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E79D37B479 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 11:03:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA64538; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:03:22 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:03:22 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: Wes Peters Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc port going 64 bit In-Reply-To: <39FDE016.3D4C1422@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > Narvi wrote: > > > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Michael C . Wu wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:27:43PM -0400, Bill Pechter scribbled: > > > > > > | IBM had Solaris available on PowerPC and NT for a real short time > > > | around 94... Guess how many people bet on that combo. > > > > > > AIX is better for that. > > AIX is better for something? Please check again, you're mistaken. > Hey!!!! I did definately not write that! > > > > David O'Brien has repeatedly offered Sparc hardware for people willing > > > to work on the Sparc port. People have been offered PPC hardware too. > > > I personally just bought an Ultra5 to attempt to help. It cost me $500 > > > on EBay. It is not too expensive for a hobby. ;) > > > > > > > Agreed. > > > > Now, anybody know of a source in Ireland? I need a newer home computer > > anyways... > > eBay UK? > Ok, I'll take a look. Not sure why I didn't think of that myself. > > Maybe I should just try to think harder why my employer should give me one > > to keep at home 8-) 8-) 8-) > > Promise them a bunch of work you can get done. Then deliver it, slowly. > nah, they are promising me (free) access from home to the internal network, so it won't work. And no, I can't use machines at work to port FreeBSD, even not from my free time. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message