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Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 01:48:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Don O'Neil" <don@whtech.com>
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Subject: Re: Free BSD Port to new platform.
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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Don O'Neil wrote:

> Our company is currently developing a new MIPS based computing/gaming
> platform. Whom do I speak with to find out the feasability of creating a
> Free BSD port for this platform? Full platform specs will be published in
> the coming weeks with prototypes rolling by years end. It would be
> wonderfull to have a great OS like Free BSD available for developers and
> enthusiasts alike.

Contact hackers@freebsd.org.  Your job will not be easy; you'll need to
give out some development units and hope that the alpha port has laid
enough groundwork for you to make the port happen.  

NetBSD may be a better target, however, since they already have a MIPS
port and are generally better built to deal with porting the OS to various
platforms.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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