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From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
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chris hellriegel <chrishellriegel@hotmail.com> writes:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> 
>     I have recently acquired some sun microsystems sparc hardware.  Noticing 
> that Solaris seems to have a good bit of overhead that makes the systems 
> slow down i tried out FreeBSD.  Currently I have an Ultra 5 (64bit) and a 
> SparcStation 5.  I noticed that you didn't have the SparcStation 5 on the 
> hardware supported  list for sparc hardware.  I was wondering if it is 
> supported and that if it isn't if there was any way i could help.

This is a FAQ.  There are no plans to support old sparc systems.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft