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- From: zbir@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (Zachery Joseph Bir)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.be
- Subject: Re: 1995 Production Status?
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 12:13:07 -0500
- Organization: Indiana University
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- In-reply-to: mipsyssw@platina.fr's message of Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:19:07 +0200
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- >>>>> "Raphael" == Raphael MOLL <mipsyssw@platina.fr> writes:
-
- Raphael> In article <4dp18h$1uq@murphy.servtech.com>,
- Raphael> nyle@cyber1.servtech.com (nyle landas) wrote:
-
- >> ... Well since AmigaDos is going CHRP it'll run on the BeBox if
- >> Be makes the BeBox CHRP compliant which it mentioned. The same
- >> goes for the BeOS if Be makes it CHRP compliant it'll run on the
- >> upcoming Power Amigas. That's the whole point of CHRP (Ok, now
- >> PPRP I hear) to allow multiple OSs to run on a common
- >> archetecture. Same as PPRP machines will run Windows NT, AIX,
- >> OS/2, and soon Solaris and AmigaDos.
-
- Raphael> I still can't believe that this will be so easy... How can
- Raphael> the CHRP specifications be so well-designed that any OS
- Raphael> will find the way to use the chips of a CHRP platform ?
- Raphael> Does CHRP means that there can't be ANY custom, specialized
- Raphael> chip on the board ?
-
- From what I understand, the CHRP allow for a little of this. There is a
- socket on the MB for (I think) one extra chip, empty to begin with. At
- least with the Apple CHRP Machines, that slot is to be filled with a Mac
- ROM if running OS<8.0, empty if running Copland, but maybe it's only for
- that...? anyone else have better idea?
-
- Raphael> -- Raphael MOLL | Be Happy Using |
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- Raphael> API | or http://imaginet.fr/~mipsyssw
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