Hi all Powerpc on Mac is gone. I'm looking for another ppc computer for the day when the Titanium IV that I have currently will be gone down the river.
I learned that Xbox 360, which will be available "this holiday season in Europe, Japan, and North America" <http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/factsheet.htm> has an IBM Powerpc CPU, with 3 cores, running at 3.2 GHz each. With just a fast glance on the factsheet above it seems to me this machine could be worth running an OS being worth the name. Some Hardware excerpts (available from the page mentioned above): --------------------------------------------------- " Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD" "Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g" Memory: "512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM" ATI Graphics Processor "10 MB of embedded DRAM" (that's not that much, is it?) "Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive" ---------------------------------------------------- It seems there's already some work planned to port Linux to this little jewel: http://www.free60.org/wiki/Main_Page So here's what I'd be interested to know: Are there chances that those maintaining today's ppc branch of the Linux kernel, and the rest of the ppc linux system, might want to turn Xbox 360 to a full fledged PPC Linux computer? Anyone out there with the necessary knowledge being interested in that? Don't leave me alone with PeeCees. Anyone out there? Thanks in anticipation Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
