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- From: david@postman.gr.osf.org (David George)
- Subject: Re: Info in Open Systems Today ( NeXTSTEP ports!! )
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.082527.8148@osf.org>
- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: OSF RI Grenoble
- References: <C0Ft4n.5BK@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> <Jan06.153100.46355@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:25:27 GMT
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- In article <Jan06.153100.46355@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, randall@redfish.atmos.colostate.edu (Dave Randall) writes:
- |>
- |> > Let's take HP's chip, just for example. It seems to me that there are two
- |> > ways NeXT could go. (1) They could port Mach/NeXTstep to HP hardware, or
- |> > (2) they could incorporate an HP cpu into NeXT hardware.
- |> >
- |> > Which is more likely? What are the advantages and disadvantages of
- |> > each?
- |> > --
- |> In order to do (2), you have to do (1).
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- This is not really true. HP hardware is more than just a CPU. By just
- incorporating the HP chip into the existing NeXT hardware philosophy you
- save having to port the drivers. You're then left with such jobs as supporting
- (well) the HP's MMU with such things as its virtual address cache.
-
- Luckily Mach already runs on HP harware (I'm reading News with it) so some of
- the work is already done.
-
- David.
-