FPGA VAX update

[Scott Stevens]

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:55:08 +0100
Bjørn Vermo <bv at norbionics.com> wrote:

> 
> On 24 Oct, 2005, at 01:04, woodelf wrote:
> 
> > Allison wrote:
> >>
> >> What else is out there that's not wintel, fast enough and can address 
> >> a large memory that runs a fairly current UNIX.  That also assumes 
> >> the software that can P&R the FPGA is available as source.
> >>
> > P&R is mostly sorting is my guess. However my designs view point for 
> > open source
> > is being able to keep the computer system capable of bootstaping 
> > itself. Looking at the
> > latest version of red-hat I find it hard to do any real development 
> > work as everything
> > is becoming too interconnected with every thing else.
> >
> 
> Apple comes to mind. You can pick up a G4 really cheap these days. 
> Whether you want to run BSD (OS X) or Linux is a matter of taste.
> IBM have some PPc development systems (Walnut if I recall right) which 
> can run both Linux and QNX, but I have no idea how to get one or what 
> they sell for.

You can also run a real BSD (not OS X) on a G4 Mac.

Just wanted to clarify that.

> 
> -- 
> -bv
> 


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