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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
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Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Date: 19 Dec 1994 17:56:32 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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Message-ID: <MICHAELV.94Dec19115633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <D1260u.KIu@odin.diku.dk>
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In-reply-to: shepherd@diku.dk's message of Mon, 19 Dec 1994 12:43:42 GMT
In article <D1260u.KIu@odin.diku.dk> shepherd@diku.dk (Sam Hepworth) writes:
There has been roumers about a PowerPC 615 chip that would
be pin compatible with the P24T. If this is true, and there is
some way to fix BIOS incompabilities, I would be
able to upgrade my 80486 to a PowerPC without the cost of buying
a new computer. MicroSoft or IBM may not be interrested in
porting their operating systems to this kind of platform, so
Linux or NetBSD may become the only way to get it running...
Windows NT already runs on PowerPC processors...
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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