From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 14 16:58:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA22507 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:58:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA22475; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 16:58:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA22210; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:27:24 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708142357.JAA22210@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: speed test In-Reply-To: <33F373A0.E3209D0C@pacbell.net> from jack velte at "Aug 14, 97 02:07:44 pm" To: jackv@pacbell.net Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:27:23 +0930 (CST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jack velte stands accused of saying: > > > > It's a DEC Durango motherboard with a 500Mhz 21164 CPU. I bought it > > from Aspen systems (www.aspsys.com) and it's currently running > > Netbsd-current as a reference platform for the FreeBSD/ALPHA effort > > which is slowly getting under way now. > > i urge a port to Macintosh Power PC. the next generation rhapsody > kernel 3.0 is now based on the MKLinux kernel. if you can get freebsd > working as the kernel under the next version of MacOS (the Nextstep > derivative), you'll have a huge built-in audience of every installed Mac > user. Nextstep is finally a reason other than graphic arts to own a > Mac. Port FreeBSD and give the Mac people a choice. Just as soon as Apple release documentation on their pathetic hardware. Not only is their gear proprietary, it's _slow_. I'd prefer to run FreeBSD on a Multia. FWIW, MKlinux is a Linux server layered over Mach. There is a FreeBSD server for Mach as well; why not just get that going? > -jack -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[