From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 7 08:36:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA20065 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:36:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA20060 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:36:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id IAA57047; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:35:42 -0800 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:35:42 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: Terry Lambert cc: Jim Rowan , questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: PowerPC Port? In-Reply-To: <199603061734.KAA11270@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > rlyon> Motorola does produce a workstation range based on the power pc. The > > rlyon> specifications look ok but I would imagine the price is > > rlyon> high. Currently the only operating system supported is Windows > > rlyon> NT. (Billy boy must be laughing all the way to the bank.) > > > The FreeBSD port is intended for use in embedded systems by the company > that provided the loaner. It will just happen to also run everything > it needs to run to be a real port, as well. 8-). I'm not sure how silly a question this is, but... Will the PowerPC port be able to run Linux binaries, and such? Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================