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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29431 comp.sys.intel:24035 comp.os.misc:3499 comp.unix.bsd:15582 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7748 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8814 comp.unix.misc:15050 comp.os.linux.development:21177 comp.os.linux.misc:31617 comp.os.linux.misc:31618 comp.os.386bsd.development:2814 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4418 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!otis.apana.org.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!cronkite.nersc.gov!dancer.ca.sandia.gov!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!elsun313.cc.purdue.edu!csh From: csh@elsun313.cc.purdue.edu (Chris Sheldon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: 13 Dec 1994 09:36:48 GMT Organization: PUCC Consulting... Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3cjpvg$5m6@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@Tut.MsState.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: elsun313.cc.purdue.edu In article <3cit0i$mjf@Tut.MsState.Edu> Stormy@Mail.Mother.COM writes: >Stephen C. Camp writes: > > Are you interested / would you purchase a PowerPC system if you could > run Linux / NetBSD on it? > >Well, with the problems Intel is having with honesty, I'm not particularly >interested in purchasing anything else they have to offer, so yes, I am >looking at the PowerPC systems. > >I've heard they're faster anyway, this true? > > -- Stormy Sebastian Henderson ----------- As always, working on his -- Make sure that you have a level 2 cache if you get the IBM PowerPC non server model (desktop pc)... These have not been released yet (4-6 months) and the ones we have run at 386/486 speeds most of the time with AIX. However, we don't have a level 2 cache in any of the machines, just the cache on the chip. Our IBM rep did bring down a cache card for a test run, and with the cache, it flew!! Chris. csh@purdue.edu "Actually, I use /bin/ksh /w set -o vi."