From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 4 17:36:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.3/8.7.3) id RAA29041 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 17:36:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA29036 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 17:36:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.3/8.7.5) id SAA18838; Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:36:19 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199612050136.SAA18838@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Nentendo-64 port To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 18:36:19 -0700 (MST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199612050016.TAA27449@hda.hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Dec 4, 96 07:16:34 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] 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 > > Unless there is a memory management unit on the r4300 chip we would need > > to also add some hardware to the n64 to bring it up to snuff... > > It has an mmu; see http://www.mips.com/products/r4300i There is already a port of NetBSD for the 4300i, see: http://www.algor.co.uk/www/info/p4032-benefits.html These guys make an eval board with a 4300i and a PCI bus, and have apparently hacked NetBSD into running on it. But then again, that is what the NetBSD gang have concentrated on, portability, isn't it? Anyhow, a running NetBSD system would be a good starting point for N64BSD. ;^) Now, how are we going to pound a disk drive into the Nintendo? -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com