Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:28:43 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! Message-ID: <199712160328.VAA20234@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971215183328.18669L-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from Brian Handy at "Dec 15, 97 06:37:47 pm"
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> > >> Good idea. So what are the frequently asked questions? > >> (email me and I can start that list). > > > >for the moment it'll have to probably be an archive of the list... cause, > >now that you ask... I just acn't think of any.. > > > 1. "I've got this great [IPX|IPC|SS2|your old dead slow Sun here] that > I want to put FreeBSD on. What's supported?" > > > Answer: The first machines out of the gate are going to be the > sorta-high-end Ultrasparcs which are expected to drop in price to be > competetive with the x86 architecture within the next year. Non-ultra > platforms will follow later, based most likely on popularity and the > assistance of the interested user base. I think the majority of users that will run FreeBSD on their sparc will _not_ be the users with the higher end boxes, but more likely the old kludges everyone has lying around doing nothing. I think IPX's, SS2s, SS5s, etc should be the FIRST supported. Daniel -- Daniel Baker -- Network Operations Administrator - NeoSoft, Inc. dbaker@neosoft.com dbaker@neo.net Phone: +1 713 968 5800 Fax: +1 713 968 5801
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