Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:45:29 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: grehan@freebsd.org Cc: powerpc@freebsd.org, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: Fastest PowerPC supproted by FreeBSD Message-ID: <85901D95-E8E4-4CFF-8274-4DB1728BF936@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <47754F14.9010809@freebsd.org> References: <20071227.235310.-1300543293.imp@bsdimp.com> <4774ADF7.9060407@freebsd.org> <p06240800c39ae42cd7e5@[128.113.24.47]> <47754F14.9010809@freebsd.org>
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On Dec 28, 2007, at 11:31 AM, Peter Grehan wrote: >> The last G4 powerbooks are probably using a slower laptop drive, >> and that will hurt performance. > > Yep. A firewire/800 external drive would do the trick. > > For old G4 powermacs, there are a number of accelerator card > options. Not sure if all of these exist anymore but it's a place to > start: > > http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4upgrades.html A dual CPU G4 Xserve may do the trick... SMP support for PowerPC is almost there... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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