From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 19 20:47:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA08235 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:47:50 -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 UAA08223 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 1997 20:47:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA01982; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:16:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706200346.NAA01982@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: NetBSD on June issue of Byte Magazine In-Reply-To: <199706200216.UAA00946@xmission.xmission.com> from Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC at "Jun 19, 97 08:16:27 pm" To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 13:16:52 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, 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: > > Apparently the DNA board can support *ANY* SA-110 chip, and DEC is > charging more for the 233's than the 100's. This is a freebie from our > local Digital Semi distributor, so I let him off the hook a little bit > and agree to two boards with 100 Mhz chips. He's paying for them, but > we're his biggest customer for 2104x and 2114x chips, so he's not going > to complain too much. ;^) Hmm, how much are the DNA boards from Digital, if I might ask? > Ostensibly, we're using these boards to evaluate the SA-110 for future > embedded designs. We will be doing that, of course, but we'll also be > taking them home - one for me, and one for my buddy here who discovered > them. ;^) He's a Newton-head and likes the SA chip. If you like the ARM for "future designs", have a look at the Cirrus ARM-based part; onboard video, DRAM controller, ISA bus, 32KHz audio, etc. > 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 [[