A company kindly donated 10 Cobalt RaQ2s [1] for Debian development. These machines are based on a 250 MHz MIPS CPU. While they're not terribly fast compared to modern systems, they are nice entry level systems for people who want to learn more about the MIPS architecture and Debian's MIPS port.
The machines are fully supported by Debian [2] and have the following specs: Cobalt RaQ 250 MHz CPU (little-endian MIPS) 64 MB RAM 8 GB IDE hard drive 1x 100 MBit Ethernet About half of the machines are in good conditions whereas the other half has minor problems (mostly fans which are very loud - they appear to be in the process of dying). However, I've only briefly booted the machines so I cannot guarantee how well they really work. If you're interested in one of these, please email me privately. Ideally, you should have done work for Debian already. The machines are currently located in Cambridge, UK. They can be picked up either from there or distribution can happen at FOSDEM in Brussels or at Debian Conference later next year in the UK. People from Europe are preferred for obvious reasons but if you come to DebConf and are interested in a machine, don't hesitate to get in contact. References [1] http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Cobalt [2] http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/ -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
