On Tue, Aug 03, 1999 at 10:10:31AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > IBM never intended to manufacture the LongTrail. They just did the design. > Manufacturing was supposed to be done by UMAX and Tatung. And they didn't > believe in Linux when Steve killed the Mac clones.
Hrm. Tatung is probably long dead, as is Umax for the most part. This presents a problem. Maybe it would be possible to obtain the schematics and diagramming for the LongTrail? I know a couple firms that would be willing to custom manufacture them for reasonable prices. Another advantage to that attack is that I can then socket the PowerPCs and other components. :) > If you order 10000 boards, you may be able to convince Tatung to manufacture > them again, though (please ask Edmund Humenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> first!). > Question is: are the parts still available? And then I'm thinking VLSI Golden > Gate II and Apple/TI Hydra (or the VLSI plug-in replacement Pierxx). Well, I garauntee you I can't afford 10k quantity. Much less use them. Well, I could use them in a really massive Beowulf setup mebbe.. but anyways. ;) I'm fairly certain the Golden GateII is still produced; if not, it's successor logically should be a near-dropin replacement. VLSI's still around, so I don't think that's the problem. Now if only we could get them to agree to lower qtys and cheaper prices. ;) -- -Phillip R. Jaenke, Rabid Systems Administrator and BOFH AIX/BSDI/DG-UX/HP-UX/Linux(Debian)/SCO/Xenix/Xenix286 "Unix is so much more than a way of life. It's a way of.. er.. it's a way of SOMETHING! I just don't know what yet!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a owEBpABb/4kAlQMFADeiChoSqDDRqD2cDQEBM6IEAJ0I0DVyJOppctsda7rIIpFL 7xi4de6mRQ5lETO1aQBIuvn1e5NJM6IOdCv1jXVeRZ9ZGqoBS3Fe88akbdWidCGW Zp3JH++h0xeo9ChpCUe3K1NtF/q3sX+51hJKDI9DqaNkC3g6lIuCnazFTm2M2gGp /AoHV+1hYtiD4b53TAoirApiBGJsYWgAAAAA =l3XG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
