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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29728 comp.sys.intel:24847 comp.os.misc:3517 comp.unix.bsd:15613 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7781 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8844 comp.unix.misc:15101 comp.os.linux.development:21314 comp.os.linux.misc:31805 comp.os.linux.misc:31806 comp.os.386bsd.development:2832 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4446 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!crl.dec.com!crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!cs.dal.ca!legrady From: legrady@cs.dal.ca (Tom Legrady) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <D0wsMC.KGt@cs.dal.ca> Sender: usenet@cs.dal.ca (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: cs.dal.ca Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@tut.msstate.edu> <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 1994 15:06:12 GMT Lines: 16 In article <3clp1c$q6p@news.iastate.edu> brekke@dopey.me.iastate.edu (Monty H. Brekke) writes: >take a look at the PowerPC machines. The only problem is, the only PPC >machines available at the moment are the Macs, which I am not interested in >(or the expensive IBM workstations). If I could put Linux or NetBSD onto >IBM's Power Personal systems, I would probably be inclined to wait for >their release. Just my 2c worth... They aren't exactly bargain-basement prices, but Motorola motherboards are worth considering. I understand that some competing motherboards are supposed to becom available soon as well - they may even be out already. Tom Legrady