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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30186 comp.sys.intel:25918 comp.os.misc:3542 comp.unix.bsd:15672 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7831 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8877 comp.unix.misc:15177 comp.os.linux.development:21568 comp.os.linux.misc:32113 comp.os.linux.misc:32114 comp.os.386bsd.development:2860 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4496 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!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!night.primate.wisc.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!pipex!sunic!news.uni-c.dk!diku!shepherd From: shepherd@diku.dk (Sam Hepworth) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <D1260u.KIu@odin.diku.dk> Sender: shepherd@embla.diku.dk Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 12:43:42 GMT References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #13 Keywords: PowerPC, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, free un*x, porting Lines: 18 camp@teal.csn.org (Stephen C. Camp) writes: >Are you interested / would you purchase a PowerPC system if you could >run Linux / NetBSD on it? There has been roumers about a PowerPC 615 chip that would be pin compatible with the P24T. If this is true, and there is some way to fix BIOS incompabilities, I would be able to upgrade my 80486 to a PowerPC without the cost of buying a new computer. MicroSoft or IBM may not be interrested in porting their operating systems to this kind of platform, so Linux or NetBSD may become the only way to get it running... - Sam