Re: wanted: old G5 hardware for use on the ppc64 port
On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 09:44:44PM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to help on the ppc64 port, I have ppc32 hardware,
> ppc64/ppc64el remote VM accounts but no actual ppc64 hardware. I
> just lost an extremely low bid for an imac g5 on ebay and am short
> on cash for another, but if anyone has a spare G5 (any model, but pref
> imac so that it can be easy to ship) in working order and is willing to
> part with it, I could handle the shipping costs (please, only within
> the EU, I've had the unhappy experience of paying insane shipping costs
> for buying a big box from the US :)
>
> Thanks
>
> PS. I've resumed my work powerpc, which I didn't deal with in years,
> and until this [1] becomes real (I have a pretty good hunch/inside info
> that it will), I'd like to help to get the port up to speed.
>
> [1] http://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/
I guess no one is selling IBM pSeries servers used for cheap.
Are any of the freescale eval boards reasonably priced? After all any
e5500 or e6500 core is PPC64 as well. It seems a T1040 eval board is
$1250 US for a 1.4GHz quad core e5500 (64 bit PPC). I have no idea how
that compares to a used G5 in price.
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Len Sorensen
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