Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:49:00 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDT processors? Message-ID: <19971109224900.14074@vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <199711100327.TAA21900@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net>; from Ulf Zimmermann on Sun, Nov 09, 1997 at 07:27:14PM -0800 References: <19971109222439.12758@vmunix.com> <199711100327.TAA21900@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net>
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On Sun, Nov 09, 1997 at 07:27:14PM -0800, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 09, 1997 at 01:55:39PM -0800, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > > > ALPHA, get that freebsd port done! > > > > > > > > why would anyone want to use anything else than r10000? > > > > > > > > now, _that_ would be a port i'd like to see, freebsd on SGI platform. > > > > > > > > how likely is it? > > > > > > > > mickey > > > > > > Then let's start a port. I have an O2 R10K at home. I might be able to > > > get some insider information. Considering that people internal have > > > done a Linux port (or part of it) as also they have done a NT kernel > > > for a Challenge L. > > > > > > On the other side I am looking at a project involving a Mips R4300i, > > > a SCSI controller and several EIDE controller ;-) > > > > Isn't the R4300i the processor used in the Nintendo N64? Now that > > would be something! > > Yes, it is. At 93 Mhz. > > There is some dev kit, but supposely you need a high powered SGI machine, > probably because of the GFX. Getting the SGI machine isn't the problem - getting the Kit is.. I've seen the development kit in action at EA Canada, it's just a card that plugs into an O2 or Octane - quite neat. Considering you can get an O2 with the R10000 and Alias/Wavefront bundled for $15k, it's not a bad deal. I tried to get a kit for a project, but it was impossible to convince Nintendo that I should have a kit... It seems that unless you're a multi-million dollar game house, they don't want to hear from you. To be expected, but disapointing non-the-less... It's too bad, since you get OpenGL, sound, 100MHz CPU, 4MB of Rambus RAM (500MB/s IO throughput - drooool), and video hardware for $150. String a couple together and the government will be coming after you requiring a supercomputer license.. :-) -Mark > > Ulf. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 > Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU
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