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From: joev@mikasa.WPI.EDU (Joseph W. Vigneau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD?
Date: 15 Dec 1994 16:34:48 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Message-ID: <3cpr78$p3@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> <1994Dec14.173301.32584@tragus.atl.ga.us>
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In article <1994Dec14.173301.32584@tragus.atl.ga.us>,
James CE Johnson <jcej@tragus.atl.ga.us> wrote:
>Just to toss in my $.02 worth... I think a PowerPC Linux would be a
>kick in the pants! Even better if it will take all my ISA/VESA
>components.
You'd have a better chance if the components were PCI, which the PReP
specification uses...
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