Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:14:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC) Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD on June issue of Byte Magazine Message-ID: <199706192344.JAA00264@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199706192212.QAA19059@xmission.xmission.com> from Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC at "Jun 19, 97 04:12:25 pm"
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Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC stands accused of saying:
> Michael Smith vollied:
> > Anyone keeping an eye on the DNARD ("shark" :
> > www.digital.com/semiconductor/dna.htm) could have told you this 8)
>
> Uh, no. If you read the Digital Semiconductor page closely, you will
> learn that NetBSD is being distributed with the DNA (Digital Network
> Appliance) board as a development system. The final application is
> expected to run on "NC Access" from Network Computer Inc. I believe,
> but cannot substantiate, that Wind River Systems is a partner in the
> OS portion of NC Access.
The line I was inferring from makes the claim that once NetBSD has
been ported to your modified DNA, porting NC Access will be much
easier. I couldn't work out how Having a NetBSD port would greatly
help porting anything other than a hacked NetBSD. Perhaps I was
overrating the relevance of that comment.
> On the other hand, it's a cool little design. I can't wait until
> my 2 arrive. ;^) (Only 100 Mhz processors, though. Pooh!)
I just can't wait until the schematics are available. 100's? Are you
getting a cut-down version or something? If it wasn`t for the FPU,
these little puppies would really smoke.
> Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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