From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 25 16:57:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA24141 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:57:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from clarion.korrnet.org (clarion.korrnet.org [205.131.173.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA24109 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:56:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (kegrotla@localhost) by clarion.korrnet.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA29478; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:54:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:54:12 -0500 (EST) From: Kjell E Grotland To: Michael Smith cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: IBM 57SLC In-Reply-To: <199611220218.MAA16607@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael, Thanks for your reply as i replied to Warner (sorry i thought your first name was Losh), i will look into AIX for PS/2 for the 57SLC. Thanks to all who had input into this. Oh by the way i have heard a rumour that MAC PowerPCs will support FreeBSD. Any truth to this. That would be just totally awsome. Running FreeBSD on a RISC chip machine. Thank you again, Kjell Kjell E. Grotland kegrotla@korrnet.org Where do you seek the Beloved? On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > Kjell E Grotland stands accused of saying: > > Hopefully this is not too trivial a matter but i was wondering if it is > > possible to Run FreeBSD on an IBM 57SLC. The reason i ask is because > > apparently this is a machine on which IBM place its proprietary Micro > > Channel Bus system and i was wondering if it made a difference in > > installing the FreeBSD Operating system. If not underwhich type of > > hardware configuration should i install the operating system? > > FreeBSD does not currently support Microchannel. If you need a Unix > to run on that system, you may be able to get a PS/2 AIX to work. > > For FreeBSD, PCI is the bus of choice; EISA and ISA also work well. > > > Kjell E. Grotland > > -- > ]] 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 [[ >