From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 19 16:45:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA27537 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:45:38 -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 QAA27530 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 16:45:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA00264; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:14:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706192344.JAA00264@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: NetBSD on June issue of Byte Magazine In-Reply-To: <199706192212.QAA19059@xmission.xmission.com> from Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC at "Jun 19, 97 04:12:25 pm" To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:14:41 +0930 (CST) Cc: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, chat@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-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] 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 [[