From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 28 09:10:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA09944 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:10:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles227.castles.com [208.214.165.227]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA09869 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:10:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03485; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807281609.JAA03485@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mike cc: "Henry M. Pierce" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the Sparc In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:57:02 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:09:20 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG People, the Sparc port is _dead_ (Sun pulled the plug a while back). At no time was there going to be support for geriatric hardware. If you want to run a real operating system, the NetBSD folks cater to just that sort of nostalgia. > On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Henry M. Pierce wrote: > > > Hello. I am interested in helping with the development effort > > with the sparc port of FreeBSD with an SS1+ that was recently > > I'd also be interested in helping out in some way... I am not sure of the > status of this port or where to find out more information about it, but > I'd like to put this Sparc2 to use somehow. :) > > -mike > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message