Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:03:11 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: terry@lambert.org, steveb@tor.mcd.mot.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PowerPC Port? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960304155504.46108G-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <199603042152.OAA06738@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > I just recently have become familiar with FreeBSD. Do you know if anyone > > > > out there has tried to do a PowerPC port? > > > > > > Yes. I have a port in progress. > > > > For another option, check out http://www.tenon.com > > MachTen is a bit more pricey than FreeBSD, but it's available now. > > 1) He's from Motorolla, so he's probably using Motorolla hardware. Good point. He did say PowerPC, didn't he? I automatically parsed that to PowerMac and ran with it, 'cuz I think the only non-Apple PowerPC I've seen is the BeBox. (Have you seen that one? Impressions?) > The *is* another non-OSF Mach port in progress, but it is far > from complete. This port *will* document the hardware. By > the time this happens, I suspect that the Apple hardware it > documents will no longer be "interesting" (just like the Linux > and NetBSD Mac 68k ports document the 68k Mac hardware, but > few people actually care, and no one buys a new 68k Mac just > to run the code). > > All in all, the Motorolla hardware is more interesting anyway. Which Motorola hardware would you be referring to? Every Mac in the world has a Motorola CPU in it. ;) Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================
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