Subject: Re: Questions on IBM RS/6000 model 7006-41T
To: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
From: David Rankin <drankin@bohemians.lexington.ky.us>
List: port-prep
Date: 03/22/2001 15:37:39
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 01:46:25PM -0500, Brian Chase wrote:

> Ah... that's something I was worried about.  So how are these boxes
> classified?  They're PowerPC systems, non-PREP, non-CHRP.  Would they
> fall into a seperate subcategory like say NetBSD/rs6kppc?

> And how much similarity is there between this older style box and the
> early RS/6000 systems which predate the use of the PowerPC processor?

From what I do know, the 41T and other MCA PPC machines are extremely
similar in architecture to the Power and POWER2 based MCA machines. So
much so that you would want a NetBSD/rs6k with different processor
entries.

David

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