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From: s_grau@irau27.ira.uka.de (Guenther Grau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: NetBSD Hardware Project
Date: 4 Oct 1994 17:31:55 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
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Hi Carsten,
In article <CwJnKs.5nC@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>, chammer@hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (Carsten Hammer) writes:
|>
|> Hi,
|> as my computer isnt fast (new) enough any longer i would like to
|> know what cheap platforms are there with a future with NetBSD.
|> I am interested in people who are willing to contribute in a
|> project to build a NetBSD computer around a MPC601 or similar.
I am not that much into hardware and I would be of no help for your project,
except for writing and testing some device-driver code for the new machine.
If you really want a cheap NetBSD-PowerPC, which is what I want :-), you
could contact Motorola and buy a board from them. They are offering
boards equipped with the 603 and with the 604-100MHZ. These boards are
PReP-boards and have everything you might need already on them:
SCSI-Hostadapter, Ethernetchip, RAM-Controller, GFX-chip with 2MB-DRAM, PCI-BUS and
PCI-ISA-Bridge.
The only thing you need is (PS/2)-RAM, keyboard, Mouse, SCSI-HD, a monitor and a
desctop-case. If I weren't leaving in two weeks for South-Africa I would
buy myself such a board instantly. The price is very reasonable (about $1200)
for the 604-board in single quantities. I think Motorola is going to ship
WindowsNT with it, so you even have a native plattform to port NetBSD to the
PReP-plattform.
If you want to know more about the PowerPC and Motorola, read the following.
It is (c) by PowerPC News.
(C) PowerPC News - Free by mailing: add@power.globalnews.com
[...]
Literature
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PowerPC Family of Microprocessors Brochure BR1146/D
PowerPC Microprocessor Software by Motorola BR1147/D
PowerPC Microprocessors BR1148/D
PowerPC Microprocessors Product Overview SG422/D
MPC601 User's Manual MPC601UM/AD
MPC601 Technical Summary MPC601/D
MPC601 Electrical & Mechanical Specification MPC601EC/D
MPC603 Technical Summary MPC603/D
MPC603 User's Manual MPC603UM/AD
MPC604 Technical Summary MPC604/D
PowerPC Tools Catalogue MPCTOOLBK/AD
PowerPC Architectural Simulator Overview PPCARCH32/D
Sim603 Timing Simulator Overview PPCSIM603/D
PowerPC Fortran Compilation System Overview FTRANCOMPSTM/D
PowerPC C Compilation System Overview CCOMPSTM/D
Windows NT Device Driver Kit Overview DDK/D
Windows NT C/C++ Compilers Overview NTC/D
Windows NT Firware Overview FIRMWARE/D
Windows NT HAL Kit Overview HAL/D
Power RISC Control - MPC500 Family BR1184/D
PowerPC White Paper AR356/D
To order any of the above documentation contact the following numbers:
European Contact: Tel: +44 (0)272 447760
US Contact: Tel: + 1 800 845-MOTO OR + 1 512 343 8940
INTERNET ADDRESS: motorola@selectnet.bga.com
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PowerPC Technical Training
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Motorola Technical Training in Europe provides up-to-date professional
Training Courses on Motorola microprocessors and microcontrollers.
Our dedicated Training centres are situated in Aylesbury, Paris and Munich.
All Motorola Technical Training Courses are Instructor led.
Motorola Instructors actively maintain the courses they present to ensure the
material is accurate and timely. In addition, several of our Instructors are
involved in new course development, constantly bringing the Course material
up-to-date. As well as the Standard Courses in our Training Centres, we can
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For further information and Course Content, pricing, etc., please
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Paris - Tien TranAceto Tel. No. (33) - 1- 40955892
Munich - Brigitte Thaller Tel. No. (49) - 89 - 92103571
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Motorola Products
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Motorola offers in addition to the PowerPC microprocessors memories, PCI
chipset, clock drivers and support software.
Compilers, Software and System Development Tools:
Product Platform
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SDK for Windows NT x86 PC Cross-compiler
SDK for Windows NT PowerPC Native compiler
Windows NT Firmware Kit x86 PC or PowerPC Native
Windows NT HAL Kit x86 PC or PowerPC Native
C/C++ Compilation Tools PowerMacintosh
FORTRAN Compilation Tools PowerMacintosh
MPC603 Timing Simulator RS/6000 and SUN
MPC601/3/4/20 32bit Architectural Simulator RS/6000 and SUN
MPC601/3/4/20 32bit FORTRAN System RS/6000 and SUN
MPC601/3/4/20 32bit SDP Bundle RS/6000 and SUN
For additional information on availablity and pricing of the above products
please contact Motorola at the following numbers:
European Contact: Tel: +44 (0)272 447706
US Contact: 1 800 845-MOTO or 512 343 8940
Internet Address: motorola@selectnet.bga.com
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Hope that helped,
Guenther (s_grau@ira.uka.de, maeuschen@irc)
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