From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Dec 15 20:12:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA19322 for sparc-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:12:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from paladio.canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA19218 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 20:10:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: from localhost (jasone@localhost) by paladio.canonware.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA07230; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:10:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:10:38 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Evans X-Sender: jasone@paladio To: Daniel Baker cc: Brian Handy , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! In-Reply-To: <199712160328.VAA20234@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Daniel Baker wrote: > I think the majority of users that will run FreeBSD on their sparc > will _not_ be the users with the higher end boxes, but more likely the > old kludges everyone has lying around doing nothing. I think IPX's, > SS2s, SS5s, etc should be the FIRST supported. Like I said, I think supporting these older machines is great, but that isn't where my initial effort will be focused. I expect to get more help from people on the older machines, so possibly support will even be good from an early stage, as compared to UltraSPARC support. Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison]