Hardware demand/need consequences of dropping Sparc32 . . .
Hello Debian-Sparc Developers and Users,
My name is Ted Havelka, Debian user and appreciator of older Sun
architectures. I've been following the posts to this list regarding the
dropping of support and development for Sparc32 ported Debian. Forgive my
lack of education with this question, but what impact does this
discontinued 32-bit development have on community-wide need for Sparc-32
systems?
As a volunteer at FreeGeek.org, I work with their small stream of incoming
Sun hardware, assessing, cleaning up and readying for re-use as many Sun
systems as my time permits. I've focused on the M-class machines -- IPX,
LX, Classic and SS5/10/20 -- as fewer Ultras have come in as workable and
complete. Should I not bother posting available 32-bit hardware to the
Debian-sparc list?
Thanks,
- Ted
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Portland State Aerospace Society - _<_\_ FreeGeek Community Center
http://psas.pdx.edu W >\_ http://www.freegeek.org
ted@cs.pdx.edu ( ) ( ) ted@freegeek.org
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