Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 20:32:06 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: bpechter@shell.monmouth.com, sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc port going 64 bit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1001029202806.82298B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20001026224736.A74924@peorth.iteration.net>
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On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Michael C . Wu wrote: > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:27:43PM -0400, Bill Pechter scribbled: > | > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 08:40:02AM -0400, Bill Pechter wrote: > | > | > > FreeBSD is the best Unix for i386... but we've not shown any real moves to > | > > the multiplatform area. > | > > | > Uh... the Alpha? The IA-64? The Mac-PowerPC? > | Not to disagree, but the Alpha is it at this time. Period. > > Please try contributing to our different architecture ports. :) > > | Anyone have FreeBSD running on an IA-64 at this time in real production? > | Does intel use it in production yet? Bet they're not yet. > > You are asking a lot from an architecture that really just came out this year. > > | as far as PowerPC -- > | Anyone have it running on a PowerPC box at this time in production? > > Please read previous emails in the thread. The PPC port is under its way. > We are hoping for some help. > > | IBM had Solaris available on PowerPC and NT for a real short time > | around 94... Guess how many people bet on that combo. > > AIX is better for that. > > | I had a lot of PowerPC boxes here running AIX... (some with MacOS and > | AIX on an IBM MicroChannel 7012 box). Right now it's Solaris, WinNT/9x, > | Mandrake Linux, and my last FreeBSD box... (running 4.0-Stable and > | my home grown backup program migrating to Solaris 8 and Veritas NetBackup). > > And? > > David O'Brien has repeatedly offered Sparc hardware for people willing > to work on the Sparc port. People have been offered PPC hardware too. > I personally just bought an Ultra5 to attempt to help. It cost me $500 > on EBay. It is not too expensive for a hobby. ;) > Agreed. Now, anybody know of a source in Ireland? I need a newer home computer anyways... Maybe I should just try to think harder why my employer should give me one to keep at home 8-) 8-) 8-) > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | > | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | > +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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