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[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] YDL 6 on
a ibook G4 800 Mhz> > Chris, thanks so much for your input!> > I was scared to
death that I had over-reached via my imagination > regarding the Accelerator
product and the PowerStation. I'm > delighted to discover that my intuition
regarding it was actually > right. Of course, there is no way for me to
actually know that > without your input.> > Thanks again. Now I can continue to
work towards the system of my > dreams! ;-)> > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 4:40 PM,
Christopher Murtagh wrote:> > > On Monday 08 December 2008 04:23:26 pm Derick
Centeno wrote:> >> Bill or someone from Fixstars should be jumping to help you
here.> >> However being the wonderful fellow that I am - :-D - I'll point out>
>> that the PowerStation runs YDL as it's native OS and is sold> >> exclusively
from Fixstars - formerly TSS. The PowerStation CPU> >> already is a 4 core Cell
although the whole package can be modified -> >> read customized - by Fixstars
to your needs.> >> > Ok, I guess that's my cue. The PowerStation is not a Cell
machine, > > it uses> > IBM's PPC970 CPU (what Apple called the 'G5'). It is
very unlikely > > that you> > could get MacOS X to run on it. If you did, it
would be a kernel > > hack and it> > would also violate the EULA for MacOS X,
which only allows for the > > OS to be> > installed on Apple branded hardware.>
>> > The PowerStation is a serious high-performance machine, if you > > really
need> > bang for your buck in the Power architecture, it's definitely > >
something to> > consider.> >> > As to Warren's concerns with Apple G5 power
supplies, I haven't > > had the same> > experience - my G5 hasn't had any
serious issues.> >> > As Derick mentioned, the GigaAccel 180 is definitely
something you > > might want> > to consider. You can put one in a PowerStation
and get the best of > > both/all> > worlds. The PS3 is a nifty way of getting a
low cost testing/ > > prototyping> > machine for Cell programming, but it has
serious performance > > limitations due> > to HD speed, RAM and bandwidth
through the hypervisor.> >> > Cheers,> >> > Chris> >
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