If people are willing to contribute the information, we can put
	up the page.

	If anyone is interested in working on this... just get in touch.


		David/absolute

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Jonathan Cline wrote:

> I'd like to suggest a web page which answers the following type of question:
> 
> "Which port of netbsd do I need to run on my <brand-name product I just
> bought>"
> 
> or,
> 
> "I want to run netbsd on a <platform type>, so what <brand-name product>
> should I buy and which port should I use?"
> 
> For example, I've been looking at PDAs; different brands & models have
> different CPU's; it is not apparent to me which, if any, port of netbsd might run
> on any of the brands & models.  (Or which, if any, might be deserving of some
> dev support.)  Currently, there's a list of ports, and what CPUs are supported
> by the port, but it's rather obfuscated.
> 
> Another example, I have been wondering if I should invest in another
> architecture other than PC-clone; I'd like to be able to browse a list of
> products I can look at buying, knowing that they run netbsd.  (I don't know
> much about non-PC's, except that they're better :o)
> 
> (If anyone has suggestions on a non-PC-platform to use for general development
> & networking, not necessarily screaming performance, I wouldn't mind hearing
> about it, something less than $500, and not legacy.)
> 
>