From owner-freebsd-platforms Wed Dec 17 17:50:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA05725 for platforms-outgoing; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:50:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-platforms) Received: from gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (cisigw.coppe.ufrj.br [146.164.5.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA05720 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 17:50:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonny@coppe.ufrj.br) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17308; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 23:49:48 -0200 (EDT) (envelope-from jonny) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199712180149.XAA17308@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: platforms question In-Reply-To: <199712171918.MAA04355@usr02.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Dec 17, 97 07:18:35 pm" To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 23:49:48 -0200 (EDT) Cc: reyesf@super.zippo.com, cliff@cliffsworld.com, freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk #define quoting(Terry Lambert) // > >And what platforms are being considered for the future, // > >assuming there are volunteers to work on them? // > // > The only other platform I have read there was some interest is // > PowerPC. // // I'm personally interested in HP3xx/HP4xx/Macintosh/Amiga (68030/68040). I know lots of people who would happily change their AIX systems for any *BSD that could run on those machines. Unfortunatly, none of them has the knowledge in software or hardware to do a port. :( Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67