From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Oct 30 13: 1:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925AE37B4C5 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:01:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from homer.softweyr.com (mail.dobox.com [208.187.122.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8086E343A for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:01:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=softweyr.com ident=Fools trust ident!) by homer.softweyr.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 13qLx8-0000GB-00; Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:54:46 -0700 Message-ID: <39FDE016.3D4C1422@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 13:54:46 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Narvi Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc port going 64 bit References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Narvi wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Michael C . Wu wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:27:43PM -0400, Bill Pechter scribbled: > > > > | IBM had Solaris available on PowerPC and NT for a real short time > > | around 94... Guess how many people bet on that combo. > > > > AIX is better for that. AIX is better for something? Please check again, you're mistaken. > > David O'Brien has repeatedly offered Sparc hardware for people willing > > to work on the Sparc port. People have been offered PPC hardware too. > > I personally just bought an Ultra5 to attempt to help. It cost me $500 > > on EBay. It is not too expensive for a hobby. ;) > > > > Agreed. > > Now, anybody know of a source in Ireland? I need a newer home computer > anyways... eBay UK? > Maybe I should just try to think harder why my employer should give me one > to keep at home 8-) 8-) 8-) Promise them a bunch of work you can get done. Then deliver it, slowly. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message