Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-06-04 Thread Johan M:son Lindman
It is the same scam and con artists behind this scheme as in the other cases of amiga vapoware that we've seen over the course of the last ten years or so. So please, don't start foaming at the mouth before you actually hold one of these units in your hand. IMHO this attitude

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-09 Thread Tobias Weingartner
Timo Schoeler wrote: I was disappointed quite often by vaporware in the Amiga universe, However, as this really might become reality Don't hold your breath. $1500 for a system that is meant to cator to the amiga crowd. *shrug* If you want to start on a port, get in contact with

Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Timo Schoeler
Hi list, during the last days news popped up [0] verifying that the new 'Power System' (aka Amiga) will be based on PA Semi's very nice PowerPC chip. I was disappointed quite often by vaporware in the Amiga universe, especially during the hard, long time of agony of this system. However, as

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Lars D . Noodén
It's been an awfully long time since the last model. What's the expected timeline on the release date for the hardware? It looks interesting. I'd be even more interested in a PPC-based equivalent of the MacMini. -Lars Lars NoodC)n ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ensure access to your data now

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Johan M:son Lindman
On Tuesday 08 May 2007, you wrote: Hi list, during the last days news popped up [0] verifying that the new 'Power System' (aka Amiga) will be based on PA Semi's very nice PowerPC chip. I was disappointed quite often by vaporware in the Amiga universe, especially during the hard, long time

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Timo Schoeler
On Tue, 8 May 2007 17:59:13 +0200 Johan M:son Lindman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 May 2007, you wrote: Hi list, during the last days news popped up [0] verifying that the new 'Power System' (aka Amiga) will be based on PA Semi's very nice PowerPC chip. I was

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Ted Unangst
On 5/8/07, Timo Schoeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, as this really might become reality, how are chances to port OpenBSD to this machine? I'd like to be able to replace my x86/amd64 workstation at work by something non-SPARCy [I *like* SPARC] ;) i'll answer that when i have one sitting

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Tue, 8 May 2007, Lars D. NoodC)n wrote: It's been an awfully long time since the last model. What's the expected timeline on the release date for the hardware? It looks interesting. I'd be even more interested in a PPC-based equivalent of the MacMini. Wow, I have EXACTLY such a beast,

Re: Chances of this hardware running OpenBSD?

2007-05-08 Thread Timo Schoeler
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:39:33 -0400 (EDT) Lars D. Noodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's been an awfully long time since the last model. What's the expected timeline on the release date for the hardware? The press release states 'Winter 2007'. A reasonable time frame for this project, AFAICS.