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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:31:32 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
Cc:        Kevin Brackett <edgewise@nova.dreamscape.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD platform support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970613123031.23265B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <199706130303.VAA06121@obie.softweyr.ml.org>

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On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Wes Peters wrote:

> Kevin Brackett writes:
>  > does FreeBSD offer support for other platforms other than i386? if so, is
>  > DEC one of the supported platforms? - Thanks :)
> 
> No, but take a look at it's cousin (brother? mother?) NetBSD at
> 
> 	http://www.netbsd.org/
> 
> There you will find the PORTABLE version of *BSD for, amongst others,
> DECstation, VAXstation, AXP, and (soon) SA-110 StrongARM systems.  I'd
> say they've pretty much got DEC covered, except for the PDP-11 version
> now being given away by SCO.  ;^)

Also, work on an Alpha AXP port of FreeBSD should soon start, so if 
you're into experimenting (and want to help), tune into the alpha mailing 
list. Don't expect to see anything stable coming out of there in a year 
or so though...

> 
> -- 
>           "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
> http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
Nadav



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