Re: [oc] New Project Idea: OpenPIC Super7 chipset

[Nicholas Leippe <nick@byu.edu>]

Alan Grimes wrote:
> 
> Nicholas Leippe wrote:
> 
> > If a chipset were available, motherboard
> > manufacturers could produce low-cost SMP
> > boards to easily make better use of these
> > aging components that otherwise are going to
> > end up by the wayside in the dust bin.
> >
> > just an idea.
> 
> I love it! =)
> 
> Now how do we get orgainized?
> I'll await your direction...
> I don't have too many chip-related skills but if you have something for me
> to review just send it down.
> 
> I did, just the other day, read some chapters about multiprocessor busses.
> 
> With today's ultra-fast memories we should try to achieve at least 4
> processors, prefferably 8. (that's about the max for the average old AT
> case. =)
> 
> About software support... To get DOS working at full speed on it we will
> need to hack out a DPMI 1.0 compliant kernel. Hopefully we can convince
> Symantec to release the source for QDPMI, the current best DPMI 0.90
> kernel.
> 
> Linux sucks...

Actually, Linux already works with OpenPIC.  As far as I
understand it, that's what the PowerPC architecture uses.

> 
> BeOS needs some kernel work anyway...
> 
> Win3.11 has a mondo-borked kernel, that should be fixed too. (I use it;
> check the header of this message)
> 
> OS/2 is dead but it should be brought along too. =)
> 
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