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From: kirk@brains.GUN.de (Thomas Weyergraf)
Subject: Re: NetBSD Hardware Project
Message-ID: <1994Oct7.023726.2488@brains.GUN.de>
Organization: Brains - We don't have it
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 02:37:26 GMT
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Michael L. VanLoon (michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com) wrote:
: In article <36qu4h$krn@itu1.sun.ac.za> abs@cs.sun.ac.za (Andre Skarzynski) writes:
: 
:    : Unfortunately, I don't have the means to participate in porting
:    : NetBSD to the Power PC architecture.  But I am still interested in
:    : hearing about any progress.
: 
:    I am also interested in this project. As yet I have not had time to get 
:    anything going myself yet, except the concept, maybe.
: 
: I think this is where it currently stands -- there are lots of people
: interested in seeing it done, but nobody has stepped forward and
: started doing it.  I'm sure the NetBSD core team would be ecstatic to
: lend any advice necessary to anyone wanting to initiate such a
: project.

Like I stated before:
If this project would be based on SPARC, I would happily step forward and
do my very best to move it in the right direction. I am honestly willing to
devote my precious spare time ( and more ) to realize this project.

Please give us ( me ) your serious ( only ) comments about the platform
of choice.

Sincerely,
Thomas Weyergraf

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kirk@brains.GUN.de                                             Thomas Weyergraf
                           NT = NinTendo ???