Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Grehan
There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry-level platform for powerpc work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2059912083 For the budget-conscious developer, I'd recommend the Apple 'Beige' G3. Not much more expensive

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-13 Thread David O'Brien
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 08:48:15PM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry-level platform for powerpc work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2059912083 For the budget-conscious

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Grehan
Where are you finding Beige G3's for $35?? I quick eBay search showed the price to be more in the $200 - $300 price range. That's way too expensive. Search for apple beige g3. There's one at $41 if you can get hold of a keyboard/mouse:

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-13 Thread David O'Brien
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 07:25:00AM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: Where are you finding Beige G3's for $35?? I quick eBay search showed the price to be more in the $200 - $300 price range. That's way too expensive. Search for apple beige g3. There's one at $41 if you can get hold of a

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Grehan
Please be realistic and search the just ended acutions to see what the current market prices are: Expand your search to 'apple g3 desktop', which will pick up the beige desktops. Selective quoting here for sure, but bargains are available to those who go searching. Mabye the price is being

cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry-level platform for powerpc work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2059912083 -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread David O'Brien
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:55:00AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry-level platform for powerpc work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2059912083 Be careful buying one. I got

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread David O'Brien
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:40:01AM -0700, Juli Mallett wrote: They're nice little toys. Mine is Ethernet. You can run NetBSD on them, ... There are *many* different varieties. Some of them FreeBSD would *NEVER* want to target. Others would be great. The one PHK points to looks to be one

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Juli Mallett
* De: David O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Data: 2002-10-12 ] [ Subjecte: Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay... ] On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 10:40:01AM -0700, Juli Mallett wrote: They're nice little toys. Mine is Ethernet. You can run NetBSD on them, ... There are *many* different

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Terry Lambert
David O'Brien wrote: On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:55:00AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry-level platform for powerpc work: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2059912083 Be

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Juli Mallett
* De: David O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Data: 2002-10-12 ] [ Subjecte: Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay... ] On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 09:55:00AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: There are quite a number of these gadgets on eBay right now, they would probably make a cheap entry

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Terry Lambert
Juli Mallett wrote: What model number and part number do you have, that is a good one? 8362, model 1000. A 603EV @ 200MHz. The one Poul was pointing out is an 8362-A53; the -A53 refers to the fact that it has 64M of memory, instead of 16M or 32M. Oh, ok. I must have misread.

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Juli Mallett
* De: Terry Lambert [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Data: 2002-10-12 ] [ Subjecte: Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay... ] Juli Mallett wrote: There are *many* different varieties. Some of them FreeBSD would *NEVER* want to target. Others would be great. The one PHK points to looks

Re: cheap power-pc platform on eBay...

2002-10-12 Thread Terry Lambert
Juli Mallett wrote: There are *many* different varieties. Some of them FreeBSD would *NEVER* want to target. Others would be great. The one PHK points to looks to be one of the ickier ones. What model number and part number do you have, that is a good one? 8362, model 1000. A