Re: [Off Topic Conspiracy Theories] RE: UDI and Free(tm) Software

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:34:19 +0200 (CEST)


On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:
> Let us forget about the toaster but rather focus on something
> relevant to computers. There is the Common Hardware Reference Platform
> ( CHRP) conformance specification, which was originally designed by
> Apple, IBM, & Motorola.

> Next there is the IBM Microelectronics Lang Trail Reference Design.
>
> http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/Developers/Tools5/boards9.htm
>
> <Begin Quote>
>
> The Long Trail Reference Design comes with schematics, including
> symbols,
> physical design models, software, documentation, and board-level
> hardware.
>
> <End Quote>

And of course Linux already runs on the LongTrail, since more than one year:

http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/PowerPC/

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium

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