[geeks] Super Sun3

[Sam Creasey]

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> > The real problem with this whole scheme is that linux/m68k isn't really
> > anywhere near being ready to go SMP.  (i suspect because none of the m68k
> > developers has ever gotten his hands on a multiprocessor m68k.)   That's
>
> i wonder how much truth there is to that?  m68k is old enough that most of it
> is free or or trivial cost, and there were many many many SMP m68k boxes
> available in their hayday.

Really?   These were the first I'd really heard of (and the first I had
any kind of access to.)   There were the phenix boards which were supposed
to have been some dual 68060 board released a couple of years ago, but I
don't remember ever hearing from that company after the initial
announcement.

Now, granted, the heyday of m68k machine was coming to a close while I was
still in junior high school, so I probably missed a good bit of the more
interesting ones. :)   (hmmm...  according to the label on the 3/60
running sammy.net, I was 8 when it was manufactured..)


> > why I'm buying some of them....  it will if I have anything to say about
> > it. :)
> > -- Sam
>
> which is exactly why i'm looking to pick some up, but for NetBSD rather than
> linux.  i'm not god's gift to kernel hackers or anything, but i'm going to use
> these to work on when i get pissed off at the sgimips boxen i have. :)

heh.   If you ever encounter an older m68k based SGI, that's right up my
alley. :)

-- Sam

Computer games don't affect kids. I mean if Pacman affected our generation as
kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to
repetitive music.
        -- Unknown