From reedv@rpi.edu Wed May 18 13:19:15 1994 Received: from mail1.its.rpi.edu by SunSITE.Unc.EDU (5.65c+IDA/FvK-1.07) with SMTP id AA29739; Wed, 18 May 1994 17:19:17 -0400 Received: from localhost (reedv@cortez.its.rpi.edu [128.113.1.11]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id RAA10454 for ; Wed, 18 May 1994 17:19:14 -0400 From: Vince Reed -- "Sub Zero" Received: by localhost (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/AIXV3-SUB16); id AA26576; Wed, 18 May 1994 17:19:15 -0400 for riscy@sunsite.unc.edu Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 17:19:15 -0400 Message-Id: <9405182119.AA26576@localhost> To: riscy@sunsite.unc.edu Subject: Ping... It's as quiet as a ghosttown out here... Anyone alive? What do you all think about those students porting linux to the powermac? Vince From johnsonm@merengue.oit.unc.edu Sun May 22 16:44:33 1994 Received: from merengue.oit.unc.edu by SunSITE.Unc.EDU (5.65c+IDA/FvK-1.07) with SMTP id AB00511; Sun, 22 May 1994 20:46:03 -0400 Received: from localhost.oit.unc.edu by merengue.oit.unc.edu (4.1/tas-gen/1-30-93) id AA11233; Sun, 22 May 94 20:44:34 EDT Message-Id: <9405230044.AA11233@merengue.oit.unc.edu> To: reedv@rpi.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Reply-To: johnsonm@merengue.oit.unc.edu Subject: Re: Ping... In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 22 May 94 20:36:57 EDT." <9405182119.AA26576@localhost> Date: Sun, 22 May 94 20:44:33 -0400 From: ""Michael K. Johnson"" Vince Reed -- "Sub Zero" writes: >Anyone alive? I'm not quite dead yet... >What do you all think about those students porting linux to the powermac? It's fine, but it won't affect me. Jim Paradis's nascent port to ALPHA excites me a lot more. If an ALPHA notebook comes out in a year or so that is affordable, and Linux is ported, I know what I'll be getting... michaelkjohnson From tthorn@daimi.aau.dk Mon May 23 10:07:09 1994 Received: from hof (ceres.daimi.aau.dk) by SunSITE.Unc.EDU (5.65c+IDA/FvK-1.07) with SMTP id AA12579; Mon, 23 May 1994 10:07:09 -0400 Received: by hof (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0q5aep-000DJpC; Mon, 23 May 94 16:07 MET DST Message-Id: Date: Mon, 23 May 94 16:07 MET DST From: tthorn@daimi.aau.dk (Tommy Thorn) To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Ping... In-Reply-To: <9405230044.AA11233@merengue.oit.unc.edu> References: <9405230044.AA11233@merengue.oit.unc.edu> Reply-To: Tommy.Thorn@daimi.aau.dk Ever since we gave up building our own riscy board, this forum has only exchanged info on the various risc option, mostly PowerPC, Alpha and MIPS. No, we're not dead, we're just waiting for the market to turn our way, eg. providing us with a sufficiently cheap risc option. Vince Reed writes: >What do you all think about those students porting linux to the powermac? I wish them the best, but I want to see more than a press release to believe it. I've read two contraditing announcement so far. Michael K. Johnson writes: > It's fine, but it won't affect me. Jim Paradis's nascent port to ALPHA > excites me a lot more. If an ALPHA notebook comes out in a year or so > that is affordable, and Linux is ported, I know what I'll be > getting... Funny, I've turned (sub)notebook as well. What ever gets me the most bang for the buck, comes with the right form factor, has a risc (Power, Alpha, or MIPS) I'll bye. But the market is still to uncertain. /Tommy