Hello list, I have a Mac XServe ppc970/G5 (dual proc., one of the last Apple machine to run on ppc hardware). I was unable to install debian on it due to a lack of CD-ROM drive, and graphic board (it is a «compute node»), but since I have a few other machine of the same type that I might have to «recycle» within a couple of year I would be more than happy to donate it help with the ppc64 port (in particular head-less/CD-ROM less installation, as you might guess).
The main cost would be transport, if it is not too far/expensive (I'm in Paris region, France) I could check with my lab's director if we can take the cost of the shipment… Cheers, Serge. Le 2 févr. 2015 à 20:44, Konstantinos Margaritis <mar...@freevec.org> a écrit : > Hi all, > > I'd like to help on the ppc64 port, I have ppc32 hardware, > ppc64/ppc64el remote VM accounts but no actual ppc64 hardware. I > just lost an extremely low bid for an imac g5 on ebay and am short > on cash for another, but if anyone has a spare G5 (any model, but pref > imac so that it can be easy to ship) in working order and is willing to > part with it, I could handle the shipping costs (please, only within > the EU, I've had the unhappy experience of paying insane shipping costs > for buying a big box from the US :) > > Thanks > > PS. I've resumed my work powerpc, which I didn't deal with in years, > and until this [1] becomes real (I have a pretty good hunch/inside info > that it will), I'd like to help to get the port up to speed. > > [1] http://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/ > > -- > Konstantinos Margaritis > email: mar...@freevec.org, mar...@debian.org > blog: http://freevec.org > gpg: 3FC3 7391 FECD D3CB 5501 7121 6606 027F 6437 124C
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