From: gregg weber (gregg@netcom.com)
Date: 06/16/93


From: gregg@netcom.com (gregg weber)
Subject: Re: MIPS R3000 board to run Linux, anyone?
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1993 14:27:07 GMT

s9091124@aix00.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Mark Pulmano) writes:

>[thread not included because I don't know how (I'm new to this)]

>I've thought about other processors stuck into my pc as well, and I think that
>we shouldn't restrict ourselves to a R3000. We should consider chip pricing
>and availability as well. There was a message a while back (in comp.sys.???)
>which said Fujitsu Sparclite's (don't know how different it is to a real Sparc)
>could be had for <US$20, and i960's & Am29000's for <US$50 in another message.

How about making a real computer - use DEC's ALPHA chip - 450 mips (I can't
remember the exact number).

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