Re: Debian Linux for Siemens RM400
Quoting Karsten Merker (karsten@excalibur.cologne.de):
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 09:36:02AM +0200, Dominik Kubla wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 08:45:23AM +0200, Andre.Heine@stadtwerke-cottbus.de wrote:
>
> > > We have in our Company an old Computer from Siemens. The typ of this is
> > > RM400 and the current Operating-System is SINIX an UNIX derivat from
> > > Siemens.
> [SNIP]
> > > Can You say me exist a Linux-Version for this Hardware ??
> [SNIP]
> > Yep. Linux/Mips was developed on this hardware (at least Ralf Baechle
> > got a RM from Siemens-Nixdorf back then to perform the port). Should
> > be working splendid...
>
> Unfortunately, AFAIK it does not. Ralf has written support for the
> RM200, but to my knowledge not for the RM400. The Linux/MIPS HOWTO
> lists the RM400 as unsupported.
Yes, if I remember correctly, the RM200 was the 3rd MIPS system he
developed Linux/MIPS on. We had a fun time when we tried to get hold
of the box. We always hoped that we could get hold of one, but the
chance didn't materialize at that time. Later Ralf moved on to work
with larger, smaller and more interesting hardware at SGI and Cobalt.
Ahh... those were the times.... :-)
Mike
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