Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:05:03 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: "Eric C. S. Dynamic" <ecsd@transbay.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a number of random questions. Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971117100209.3354A-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <346E3F33.167EB0E7@transbay.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Eric C. S. Dynamic wrote: > > > 2. I've heard that Alpha is now supported. Yes? Up to 600MHz? > > > > no > > you're thinking of NetBSD > > That's too bad. Supposedly only the kernel should care? > Has anyone expressed an interest in doing a port? > We were gung-ho about advertising a 600MHz FreeBSD Alpha machine > (not to mention running such ourselves.) > Perhaps the alpha kernel code can be ported from NetBSD? There is an effort to port FreeBSD to the Alpha (check out the freebsd-alpha mailing list). Unfortunately it appears to have stalled at the moment. > > > 7. Whatever happened to 'units'? > > eh? > > 'units' was/is a program that did unit conversions ... e.g. I vaguely recall that it may have moved to /usr/games (haven't got it loaded, so I can't be certain) -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> | "Vini, vidi, velcro... | I came, I saw, I stuck around"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.SGI.3.96.971117100209.3354A-100000>