Re: IBM NetVista

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

At 04:32 PM 2/14/2005, you wrote:
> I have some IBM Net Vista Thin Clients that have a PPC 603ev in them.
> What I would like to do with them is this. I have a Super Mac S900 that
> I would like to use as a terminal server. Boot the Net vista's off of
> them running NetBSD. Have them use LAM/MPI to be a MPI enabled cluster.

Yes that works.

> My questions are as follows. Can I compile the NetBSD 2.0, or highest
> level supported by the MacPPC port, kernel to run on these machines?
> Secondly will they be binary compatible with my Super Mac?

Since build the tools and a kernel for ibmnws.  It will happily
run off a macppc userland.

> Getting X and all the normal user land utilities would not be an issue,
> as they will be headless terminals. I know, not what they were designed
> for.

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