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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: platforms question
To: reyesf@super.zippo.com
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 19:18:35 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: cliff@cliffsworld.com, freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199712171749.JAA09645@super.zippo.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Dec 17, 97 12:51:18 pm
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> I will take a shot at this. Hopefully others will correct/expand on
> my note.
> 
> >What non-PC platforms does FreeBSD work on?
> 
> None.

NEC PC98

> >What alternate platforms are under development?
> 
> -Alpha. From what I have read they have not got very far on this one.
> -Sparc. One of Sun's hardware divisions has commited one person to
> work on porting FreeBSD to Sparc.
> 
> >And what platforms are being considered for the future,
> >assuming there are volunteers to work on them?
> 
> The only other platform I have read there was some interest is
> PowerPC.

I'm personally interested in HP3xx/HP4xx/Macintosh/Amiga (68030/68040).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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