Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Martin Bochnig
Joerg Schilling wrote: >Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Martin Bochnig wrote: >> >> >>>What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC >>>enthusiasts seems to be left. >>> >>> >>There's probably a lot more SPARC users/fans/enthusiasts here than

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Joerg Schilling
Alan Coopersmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Bochnig wrote: > > What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC > > enthusiasts seems to be left. > > There's probably a lot more SPARC users/fans/enthusiasts here than people > who want to get involved in SPARC hardware

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Joerg Schilling
repost due to wrong Cc: list in your mail Octave Orgeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run SX:CR on my Sun Blade 2000, compaq laptop, and a vmware instance for my work laptop. I do agree that there needs to be parity between the platforms. A good example is how CD audio works fine on x86

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Martin Bochnig wrote: What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC enthusiasts seems to be left. There's probably a lot more SPARC users/fans/enthusiasts here than people who want to get involved in SPARC hardware design - I'd expect OpenSPARC to attract more of those th

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Javier O. Augusto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Bochnig wrote: > > What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC > > enthusiasts seems to be left. > word up! > You know what, I was wondering what's with us, SPARCs hardcore admins > who still runs and maintains a bunc

Re: Fw: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Rich Teer
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Octave Orgeron wrote: > Ideally, I'd like to see something like this: > > T1 (4 core) > 8GB RAM (max) > 2 x SAS drives > 1 x DVD-RW > 3D Nvidia Card (Dual DVI) > 2 x USB for keyboard/mouse > 4 x USB 2.0 for devices > 2 x Firewire > 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports > 1 x Wirele

Fw: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Octave Orgeron
spot.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* - Original Message From: Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:38:01 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Joerg Schilling
Martin Bochnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Sounds _very_ interesting. > >But I have to admit, that I'm not totally sure, if I'm already qualified > >enough. > >Lack of time would be the next problem. > > > > > > > > What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC > enthusi

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-30 Thread Javier O. Augusto
Martin Bochnig wrote: > What an OpenSolaris-list, where only a smal number of hardcore SPARC > enthusiasts seems to be left. word up! You know what, I was wondering what's with us, SPARCs hardcore admins who still runs and maintains a bunch of boxes out there.. Still no big news about supporting ne

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-29 Thread Martin Bochnig
Martin Bochnig wrote: >Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > >>Hi all, >> >>I did just have a very interesting discussion with a Chipdesigner from Berlin. >>He is interested in working on a complete OpenSource platform and he is >>looking >>for people who are interested in helping with this project. >>

Re: [osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-28 Thread Martin Bochnig
Joerg Schilling wrote: >Hi all, > >I did just have a very interesting discussion with a Chipdesigner from Berlin. >He is interested in working on a complete OpenSource platform and he is looking >for people who are interested in helping with this project. > >His current idea is to take parts from

[osol-discuss] An opensource Sparc system...

2007-01-28 Thread Joerg Schilling
Hi all, I did just have a very interesting discussion with a Chipdesigner from Berlin. He is interested in working on a complete OpenSource platform and he is looking for people who are interested in helping with this project. His current idea is to take parts from the T1000 design and to create