> FreeBSD 4.7 just got released. Download the ISO (or two.. since the > live filesystem on disc two is useful :)
Hmm.. let me guess.. www.freebsd.org? > If you have to insist on using an Amiga-able BSD, NetBSD should be > just fine, but running it on something that slow really isn't useful. Let's see, uhm.. No. I cannot see any OS other than the AmigaOS being able to run swiftly on the Amiga hardware. I remember the Quadras, even a 486 is zippy in comparison. > People run around shouting about how they have their 486 Linux box <snip> > time" can't be very good in my book. I like characters to hit the > terminal when I type them, not 5 seconds later ;) Yeah, no doubt. If I were to attempt running linux on a 486, it would be a shell only. > > mean boxer. > > It got used, definitely. More than most. Had it for nigh on 6 years > now, and now it's dead.. well.. fuck it ;) There are times when you just have to light a candle, throw a black cloth over something, and write it's obituary. Sometimes, something is just *dead*. > I'm getting a laptop and another peice of hardware which will more > than provide for it's "services". Hey do what you have to! I know it sounds insane, but maybe you guys could get a couple of "developer" systems from those wanting thier hw/os combos to have better software :-P Yup, and the world is flat; because you know that it makes too much sense. > > > HyperCOM3 (parallel port not suitable for ECP modes, need a mod) > > > > I have one of those in my pile of A4000 parts... > > Want another? :P Heh, no thanks. We could post them on Ebay as collectors' items :-) > > Oh! A lot of SAS stuff. > > Not really, it's mostly gcc stuff, but it doesn't compile on non-Amiga > systems (since it references Amiga components etc.). There is a version > of Voyager that compiles on Linux (**NOT FOR** Linux) but.. it's a > completely different kettle of fish. Well, I'm willing to try to help, if you guys would like. Though, you'll have to keep in mind that I know very little on the subject. I just happen to have a spare Amiga with SAS and Storm4 on it. I can promise, however, that you'll probably be cussing my ineptatude before it was over 8-) > > date... With an 040/25, it would take what, days to cross-compile the > > PPC version? :-P > > A couple of hours, for large values of couple, I'd say about 18-20. The > bottleneck is disk speed even on a PPC. ixemul doesn't help. Brr. That's a while. I can see why a seperate system for compiles like that are necissary. -- -- Regards, Dave 'Targhan' Crawford
