Subject: Re(2): G4
To: Dan Winship <danw@MIT.EDU>
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@mipsys.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/29/1999 17:32:40
>There are two kinds of G4 machines. The first G4/400 is basically a B&W
G3 with the CPU >replaced (and the ADB port removed). It works as-is with
linux/ppc so I beleive it will >also work with BSD. The new ones use a
different chipset, but since no developper have >one of those yet (and
Apple didn't release the developper notes yet neither) it's >difficult to
tell how long it will take to support them.

By "new one" I meant the 450 and 500 models.