* Ben Collins (bcollins@debian.org) wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:17:54AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader (leader@debian.org) wrote: > > > * Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > > > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > > > > > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots the bill, > > > > > I'll get them to the right ppl. > > > > > > > > I'd be willing to help with the shipping bill, and possibly with the > > > > > > Debian has enough resources to pay for shipping expenses. > > > > > > > hosting as well. Additionally, I may be able to make some other sparc > > > > systems available. > > > > > > Are any of them 64 bit? Joshua Kwan might benefit from having a 64 > > > bit SPARC system (at least he would've benefited in the past; I'm not > > > sure how much spare time he has at the moment or in the near future). > > > > Yeah, currently I've got access to 2 64bit ultrasparcs. The 'may be > > able to' bit above comes from the question of how much access I'd be > > able to give others. I'll need to investigate that, though a SunFire > > V100 isn't exactly terribly expensive - $995 w/ 256M and an 80G disk. > > No need to give access to them. I want to give them out for personal > development use (builds, test installs, whatever). Right, sure, I was referring to what I've personally got access to (through work mainly) that I'd be able to do some Debian stuffs on. The only sparc I've got at home atm is a sparc2, which is likely to be junked before too much longer unless someone's interested in it. Having a sparc at home would let me host it for others to use but it sounds like that's covered w/ the E3500 etc. If necessary I can test installs and kernels on the boxes at work though having one at home might be a little easier. I don't profess to have lots of time though, so if there's someone else who's got more time and inclination it'd be better to go to them first. Stephen
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