RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-16 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danial Thom >Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:11 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture > > >Yeah, Ted. Good cars a

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-12 Thread Danial Thom
>The ability of a car to handle perfectly at >100Mph is more than just a minor improvement, >unless you just use a car to take you to the >train station or to the market. > Ted wrote: "Actually, it's a pure waste of money, at least in the US, since no public roads have 100Mph speed limits and chan

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-12 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: Danial Thom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:11 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture > > > > >--- Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-11 Thread Danial Thom
--- Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Danial Thom > >Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:28 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danial Thom >Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:28 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture > > > > >--- Ted Mittel

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-10 Thread Danial Thom
--- Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Gerard Seibert > >Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 7:02 AM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-09 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Seibert >Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 7:02 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture > > >Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-09 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Slade >Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:35 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Michael Bernstein; jasonharback; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: RE: Sparc vs i386 architect

Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-09 Thread Garance A Drosihn
At 12:14 PM -0800 1/8/06, Danial Thom wrote: --- Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > user Opteron/Athlon64 - better than both :) > AMD made RISC-like architecture that just runs i386-like > code (i386+more registers and few extra instructions, > while lots of mostly-unused instruc

Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-08 Thread Danial Thom
--- Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi group, I was just wondering if there's an > advantage to running FreeBSD on > > a SPARC than compared with a regular PC. > Obviously the architecture is > > different (CISC vs RISC). How ever you can > purchase a higher powered PC box > > for

Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-08 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Yes, it is amassing. I have a friend who has spent thousands of dollars keeping his old car running. He could have purchased a new one with a new warranty, etc. and have saved all that money, but he refused. For some individuals, the challenge is the real thrill that they crave. and SUN itself

Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-08 Thread Gerard Seibert
Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Frankly, people who spend $9000. worth of time > dicking around with some old piece of junk to > avoid buying a $400. computer crack me up. :) Yes, it is amassing. I have a friend who has spent thousands of dollars keeping his old car running. He could have purch

Re: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-08 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hi group, I was just wondering if there's an advantage to running FreeBSD on a SPARC than compared with a regular PC. Obviously the architecture is different (CISC vs RISC). How ever you can purchase a higher powered PC box for less money than it would cost for a SPARC. user Opteron/Athlon64 - b

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-08 Thread Danial Thom
--- Robert Slade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 04:51, Ted Mittelstaedt > wrote: > > What machine code exploits currently exist > for FreeBSD on the i386 > > other than the F00F bug, which has already > been patched out? > > I wasn't aware of any. > > > > Ted > > > > >-

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-07 Thread Robert Slade
On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 04:51, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > What machine code exploits currently exist for FreeBSD on the i386 > other than the F00F bug, which has already been patched out? > I wasn't aware of any. > > Ted > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Sparc vs i386 architecture

2006-01-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
What machine code exploits currently exist for FreeBSD on the i386 other than the F00F bug, which has already been patched out? I wasn't aware of any. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael >Bernstein >Sent: Saturday, January 07, 200