From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 17:19:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9229716A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:19:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5236E43D39 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:19:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leimy2k@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (8.12.6/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id j19HIw7a012860; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:18:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-24-17-100-138.client.comcast.net [24.17.100.138]) (authenticated bits=0)j19HIu7g003087; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:18:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20050208084533.GA89688@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <0697195b8765ced7a35740baad12fcb9@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Leimbach Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:18:53 -0800 To: Garance A Drosihn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WANTED: login on a FreeBSD/PowerPC system for toolchain work X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:19:05 -0000 On Feb 9, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > At 5:24 PM +0200 2/9/05, Michael Dexter wrote: >> Hello all, >> >>>> I'd also be happy to contribute to the mini-Mac for O'Brien fund, >>>> with the idea that it's probably to my benefit if you happened to >>>> be working on the same model of Mac that I use for FreeBSD/ppc... >>> >>> I don't know how many people would be willing to do this, but there >>> is www.freemacminis.com. > > I would rather not bother with that. > >> I recently donated a G4 to gallatin. Is this machine working and >> can it serve this purpose? > > I (personally) think it would be better to set David up with his own. > I think the more FreeBSD'ers have their own machines to work on, the > faster we'll see progress on PPC. And I'm sure David would finds ways > to put one to good use. > >> I am also happy to contribute to the fund. [...] >> >> I can put up to $250 US into the fund if others are willing to join >> in. Can this go through the FreeBSD Foundation for tax purposes? > > I'm willing to contribute $150. Given the price of the Mac-Mini, it > shouldn't take too many more contributions before we can get a decent > configuration. > I'm a bit short this month but I'll gladly throw in 50 bucks. :) I can toss in more later to put us over the top, if needs be. Dave > -- > Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu > Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org > Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"