From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 14 22:08:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA07953 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:08:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (critter.phk.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA07915; Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:08:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA04457; Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:07:30 +0200 (CEST) To: jackv@pacbell.net cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , chat@freebsd.org, platforms@freebsd.org Subject: Re: speed test In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:07:44 PDT." <33F373A0.E3209D0C@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 07:07:29 +0200 Message-ID: <4455.871621649@critter.dk.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk That should be moderately easy: Grab lites and get moving... I somehow doubt that there are many Mac owners who are into UNIX ... Poul-Henning In message <33F373A0.E3209D0C@pacbell.net>, jack velte writes: >Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> >> > > OK, so I had to go to an ALPHA to do it. ;-) >> > >> > which alpha? >> > >> > c'mon jordan, his is not alt.tasteless.freebsd.hackers :PPPPPPPPPPPP >> >> It's a DEC Durango motherboard with a 500Mhz 21164 CPU. I bought it >> from Aspen systems (www.aspsys.com) and it's currently running >> Netbsd-current as a reference platform for the FreeBSD/ALPHA effort >> which is slowly getting under way now. > >i urge a port to Macintosh Power PC. the next generation rhapsody >kernel 3.0 is now based on the MKLinux kernel. if you can get freebsd >working as the kernel under the next version of MacOS (the Nextstep >derivative), you'll have a huge built-in audience of every installed Mac >user. Nextstep is finally a reason other than graphic arts to own a >Mac. Port FreeBSD and give the Mac people a choice. > >-jack -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.