[Arm-netbook] ppcnotebook

[Andreas Grapentin]

you should probably also take a look at the open power foundation.
IBM is being much more friendly these days, with academia as well.

-A

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:46:27AM -0400, Christopher Havel wrote:
> ...okay, I understood probably about 3/4 of what I read, but I am rather
> impressed. Sounds like they've come a ways since Apple dumped them a decade
> or so ago. I still think that very few members of the general public will
> be interested, but that's mostly because most people cling hard to what
> they're familiar with, and (sadly) a massive portion of that is Windows...
> 
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <
> lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> 
> > ---
> > crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 5:32 AM, Christopher Havel
> > <laserhawk64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Forgive my own stupidity on the subject, but what's the difference
> > between
> > > PowerPC as implemented in the PowerMacs of yore,
> >
> >  probably power8.
> >
> > > and this "Power9" thing
> > > you mention? I assume there *are* differences? I haven't really paid that
> > > stuff attention (mostly because I didn't think it was worth it!) in well
> > > over a decade.
> >
> >  google them.  wikipedia.  look up Talos II
> >
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