Hello,

I am currently writing a series of articles for Archive magazine, about the
Hydra multi-processor interface.

I understood that RiscBSD would take advantage of extra ARMs fitted to the
Hydra, but I have been subscribing to the RiscBSD mailing list for several
weeks now and have heard no mention of this.

I would be grateful if anyone could advise me whether the current (beta?)
version of RiscBSD supports the Hydra yet, and if not when it is likely to be
available. Any additional information about the nature of the multi-processor
support would be helpful.

What spec of machine will I need to be able to run it? In particular, what is
the minimum disc footprint required by RiscBSD? I currently have a RiscPC700,
26Mb RAM, Simtec Hydra ARMed with 4x610s, Cumana SCSI-II card with CD-ROM
drive - is this OK?

Can somebody please tell me how to obtain a complete copy of RiscBSD (when
Hydra support is available), prefferably on CD, or alternatively via the
Internet. I saw the stand at the Wakefield show, but all the CDs had been sold
before I got there!

Although I have not currently used RiscBSD, I am a programmer with experience
of various UNIX platforms (inc. IBM AIX, SVR3/4, Novell Netware, NonStop-UX)
using both 'C' and SQL databases. Is there any information available about any
of the comercial SQL database servers being ported to RiscBSD (eg. Oracle,
Ingres, Sybase, Informix etc.)? Alternatively, has anybody attempted to port
any of the PD SQL engines?


I apologise for so many questions. I would be grateful of any information.

TIA

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Ian Beswick
OPUS User Group - for users of Sibelius
58 Eden Vale, Worsley, Manchester. Tel: 0161-790-1637