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From: mark@gcs.com (Mark Bolzern)
Subject: Re: NetBSD Hardware Project
Organization: WorkGroup Solutions (FlagShip) & GCS, Inc.
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 23:00:05 GMT
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References: <CwJnKs.5nC@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de> <jmonroyCwMGFn.K36@netcom.com> <366ulk$7h5@news1.mcs.com>
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In article <366ulk$7h5@news1.mcs.com>,
Brian D. Howard <bdh@hfnet.sinai.org> wrote:
>In article <jmonroyCwMGFn.K36@netcom.com>,
>Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Carsten Hammer (chammer@hrz.uni-bielefeld.de) wrote:
>>
>>: 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.
>>: Are there any people with the knowledge and the time to help.
>>: I would do coordination and prototyping.
>>:
>>	What the hell is a MPC601?
>
>I'm sure its supported in the 1.0 release of 386BSD.

Don't be so sure.... It is The Motorola/Apple/IBM Power PC MicroProcessor.

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