Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:05:03 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: "Eric C. S. Dynamic" <ecsd@transbay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a number of random questions. Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971117100209.3354A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <346E3F33.167EB0E7@transbay.net>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Eric C. S. Dynamic wrote:
> > > 2. I've heard that Alpha is now supported. Yes? Up to 600MHz?
> >
> > no
> > you're thinking of NetBSD
>
> That's too bad. Supposedly only the kernel should care?
> Has anyone expressed an interest in doing a port?
> We were gung-ho about advertising a 600MHz FreeBSD Alpha machine
> (not to mention running such ourselves.)
> Perhaps the alpha kernel code can be ported from NetBSD?
There is an effort to port FreeBSD to the Alpha (check out the
freebsd-alpha mailing list). Unfortunately it appears to have stalled
at the moment.
> > > 7. Whatever happened to 'units'?
> > eh?
>
> 'units' was/is a program that did unit conversions ... e.g.
I vaguely recall that it may have moved to /usr/games (haven't got it
loaded, so I can't be certain)
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