Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:29:08 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Joaquin Menchaca <linuxuser@finnovative.net>, freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac mini and FreeBSD Message-ID: <p06200731be1731cf8ec8@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net> References: <41F170F1.2010701@finnovative.net>
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At 1:15 PM -0800 1/21/05, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: >What do people thinking about the Mac mini >(http://www.modyourmac.com/minipics/) and FreeBSD? This little >computer is just so so tempting. :-) > >Think there should be any issues? In a reply to one of my recent messages, Peter said: I'd say there's a very good chance [that FreeBSD/PPC will work on the Mac-mini]. My guess is that it's Powerbook-style internals, i.e. the Intrepid ASIC: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-G4/15inchPowerBookG4/index.html And there shouldn't be any issues with that. I can use a Mac-mini for other purposes if it does not work out with FreeBSD/PPC, so I'm going to try to get up early tomorrow to see if I can get to the local Apple Store early enough to pick one up. If I succeed at that, I'll let people on this list know how well I make out with FreeBSD/PPC on it. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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