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Re: setup needed for PowerPC assembler programming



On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 12:10:23PM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 11:18:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 01:35:18AM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
> > > > On the hardware front I am looking at a G4 desktop system on ebay. 
> > > > Prices seem to be a bit high - $300 for a used G4.  I would get a G3
> > > > model but the hard drive seems small ( 10 GB ) and the prices of $200
> > > > for a 5 year old systems is very high.
> > > > 
> > > > Is it possible to get lower priced hardware for what I am looking to do?
> > > 
> > > You can try looking for IBM RS/6k systems. It is possible you find some
> > > old machines waiting for you somewhere. :)
> > > 
> > > To my mind, old Apple systems are outpriced, even new ones. ;P
> > 
> > Or you could try buying a pegasos 2 at :
> > 
> >   http://www.pegasosppc.com/
> > 
> > It is a micro-ATX board with a choice of G3/600MHz or G4/1GHZ. So you can put
> > it in any old ATX case you have lying around.
> 
> That is quite interesting, but the reseller in France does not sell
> mainboards/CPU in unity. Have you ever tried to purchased elsewhere?

Go to the direct link maybe, not sure. I have never tried any of the reseller
thingies, since i work for genesi, i get them in-house :).

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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