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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: {Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD} port to PowerPC?
Date: 7 Apr 94 05:59:08 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <hO5OS8Z.dysonj@delphi.com> John Dyson <dysonj@delphi.com> writes:
>Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@iastate.edu> writes:
>>I don't know of any port that has been started yet by any of the three
>>teams, but it seems to me that NetBSD would be the most obvious choice
>>since it's already set up for multi-platform development. I don't
>Even though I am a FreeBSD team member, but I am not speaking *officially*
>for the team right now.
>
>I am expecting that the first port of FreeBSD to another architecture
>will be to a PowerPC, since it will be a new, growing architecture if
>it takes off. I believe that it is the *right* one to do.
>
>dyson@implode.root.com
I would agree. I think if FreeBSD were going to port to any other
platform, PowerPC would be the best place to start. I'm sure there
are many members of both camps salivating at the thought of their
favorite OS running on such a blisteringly fast "microcomputer".
I just got done reading all the PowerPC stuff in the April Byte
magazine, and I simply can't wait to get my hands on one and poke
around at the preliminaries of a NetBSD port. :-)
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
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