Subject: Re: (OFF-TOPIC) NuBus Based PPC's
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Tyler Mitchell <fission@mb.sympatico.ca>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/21/2000 16:24:41
On Sat, 20 May 2000, Greg wrote:
> Is anyone working on a version of NetBSD for the NuBus based PowerMacs? I
> know that MkLinux exists but it _just wasn't the same_ if you know what I
> mean.
Of course we do. =) It wasn't NetBSD.
> I have been thinking about this a lot lately and if I had the skills to port
> _anything_ I would be more than happy to work on it myself, sadly, I don't
Ditto.
> SO my final little question is, do we have anyone working on this, and if
> not, why not? <g> there are a lot of older NuBus based PPC's out there that
> would make nice little NetBSD boxes :)
If I knew how to program better and if I had a 601 or NuBus PPC, I would
be writing support for it as we speak. Unfortunately, I don't know much
at all about hardware, but hopefully university will fix that. =)
(Theoretically, if I got a degree in Computer Engineer, I would be able to
do this sort of thing, right...?)
--
Tyler Mitchell