Free PPC Test Systems

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi,
I've been recently talking to some contacts and heard of a very
FOSS-friendly place where we might be able to get some PPC hardware for
Art to test his PPC port on. They are Pegasos PPC, and they supply
complete systems on a varity of CPU architectures. There's full Open
Firmware support so it's pretty much like developing on an Apple. I've
tried to contact Apple (and others amongst us have tried as well) but we
haven't had much luck. Pegasos has a reputation for being much
friendlier (and also much cheaper, if you want to buy one), so I suggest
we give them a try and send them an e-mail about our project and how
much we'd love their help (and I'm sure it's a good idea to suggest we'd
put up their name on our website under a "Thank You" [by the way, we
also have to thank a bunch of other companies that have donated
equipment or software, afaik]).
Here's their site:
http://www.pegasosppc.com/
I can contact them myself, but I was thinking maybe it's better if
Steven/Art/Jason (all three) handle it, since they are official Board
Members plus Art is the one who will be using it.
Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

[David Johnson]

I have a PowerMac G3 as well as 4 iMac's and I would love to be a ROSPPC tester.
My PowerMac is a test unit. I am using MacOS X 10.0.3 and Gentoo LinuxPPC on it.
I might even be able to donate a iMac G3 CRT for the cause..
Let me know.
Dave Johnson
ReactOS San Diego,CA Users Group founder.
http://www.davefilms.us/newindex/index2.html
On 5/30/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   Hi,
>  I've been recently talking to some contacts and heard of a very
>  FOSS-friendly place where we might be able to get some PPC hardware for
>  Art to test his PPC port on. They are Pegasos PPC, and they supply
>  complete systems on a varity of CPU architectures. There's full Open
>  Firmware support so it's pretty much like developing on an Apple. I've
>  tried to contact Apple (and others amongst us have tried as well) but we
>  haven't had much luck. Pegasos has a reputation for being much
>  friendlier (and also much cheaper, if you want to buy one), so I suggest
>  we give them a try and send them an e-mail about our project and how
>  much we'd love their help (and I'm sure it's a good idea to suggest we'd
>  put up their name on our website under a "Thank You" [by the way, we
>  also have to thank a bunch of other companies that have donated
>  equipment or software, afaik]).
>  Here's their site:
>  http://www.pegasosppc.com/
>  I can contact them myself, but I was thinking maybe it's better if
>  Steven/Art/Jason (all three) handle it, since they are official Board
>  Members plus Art is the one who will be using it.
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu
>  _______________________________________________
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>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.com
>  http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>   
--
David Johnson
http://www.davefilms.us

[David Johnson]

I have OS/2 PPC and it is pretty neet.
On 5/31/05, David Johnson <davidjohnson.johnson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>   I have a PowerMac G3 as well as 4 iMac's and I
> would love to be a ROSPPC tester.
>  My PowerMac is a test unit. I am using MacOS X 10.0.3 and Gentoo LinuxPPC on it.
>  I might even be able to donate a iMac G3 CRT for the cause..
>  Let me know.
>  Dave Johnson
>  ReactOS San Diego,CA Users Group founder.
>  http://www.davefilms.us/newindex/index2.html
>  On 5/30/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
> >   Hi,
> >  I've been recently talking to some contacts and heard of a very
> >  FOSS-friendly place where we might be able to get some PPC hardware for
> >  Art to test his PPC port on. They are Pegasos PPC, and they supply
> >  complete systems on a varity of CPU architectures. There's full Open
> >  Firmware support so it's pretty much like developing on an Apple. I've
> >  tried to contact Apple (and others amongst us have tried as well) but we
> >  haven't had much luck. Pegasos has a reputation for being much
> >  friendlier (and also much cheaper, if you want to buy one), so I suggest
> >  we give them a try and send them an e-mail about our project and how
> >  much we'd love their help (and I'm sure it's a good idea to suggest we'd
> >  put up their name on our website under a "Thank You" [by the way, we
> >  also have to thank a bunch of other companies that have donated
> >  equipment or software, afaik]).
> >  Here's their site:
> >  http://www.pegasosppc.com/
> >  I can contact them myself, but I was thinking maybe it's better if
> >  Steven/Art/Jason (all three) handle it, since they are official Board
> >  Members plus Art is the one who will be using it.
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
> >  _______________________________________________
> >  Ros-dev mailing list
> >  Ros-dev(a)reactos.com
> >  http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
> >  
>  --
>  David Johnson
>  http://www.davefilms.us
>   
--
David Johnson
http://www.davefilms.us