>Are the, say, sparc or macppc platforms sufficiently different that it
>would be worth picking one up?  Or are there other particular
>platforms that might be worth checking out?
>
>==ml
>
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>Michael Lucas		mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org
>http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
>
>            Absolute BSD:   http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/

PowerMacs are sufficiently different to allow for some interesting 
things across the whole lineup from the non-OpenFirmware models to 
the latest models.  The range of models and issues with the 
individuals models makes for some interesting goings on, e. g., 
booting OF2 models, actually getting a working kernel going on the 
non-OF models, and getting things to run on my particular model, a 
450MHz Dual G4 PowerMac.
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Randy

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