Hans Johnson wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Just wondering if anyone has attempted a port of PPC Linux to the NCD EXplora X Terminals? I just picked one up cheap ($10) and upon opening > it up, discovered that it seems to be constructed out of essentially > standard components. > > it has a PPC 403GCX CPU, an S3 Trio64 video chipset, an AMD PCNet fast > ethernet chipset, and a National Semiconductor I/O controller. I'm not > sure what it has for a PCMCIA controller, but it does have a slot. > > Anyway, just curious if has attempted this before. I think this could be > a really neat little box, if it had an operating system. :) >
I happen to have one on my desk:) I have not tried to boot linux on it yet. The 403 code is in the latest _devel kernel > > EXplora X Terminals? I just picked one up cheap ($10) and upon > opening it up, discovered that it seems to be constructed out of > essentially standard components. > > it has a PPC 403GCX CPU, an S3 Trio64 video chipset, an AMD PCNet > fast ethernet chipset, and a National Semiconductor I/O controller. > I'm not sure what it has for a PCMCIA controller, but it does > have a slot. > > Anyway, just curious if has attempted this before. I think this > could be a really neat little box, if it had an operating system. :) > I happen to have one on my desk:) I have not tried to boot linux on it yet. The 403 code is in the latest _devel kernel. It *should* work but I haven't tested it lately. Let me know if it works. btw, the PCMCIA seems to be a custom pld. ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
