[ydl-gen] YDL 6 on a ibook G4 800 Mhz

[wiliam wesson]

please take me off the emailing list wesson124 at hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:53:31 -0500> From: dcenteno at ydl.net> To: yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] YDL 6 on a ibook G4 800 Mhz> > Chris, thanks so much for your input!> > I was scared to death that I had over-reached via my imagination > regarding the Accelerator product and the PowerStation. I'm > delighted to discover that my intuition regarding it was actually > right. Of course, there is no way for me to actually know that > without your input.> > Thanks again. Now I can continue to work towards the system of my > dreams! ;-)> > > On Dec 8, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:> > > On Monday 08 December 2008 04:23:26 pm Derick Centeno wrote:> >> Bill or someone from Fixstars should be jumping to help you here.> >> However being the wonderful fellow that I am - :-D - I'll point out> >> that the PowerStation runs YDL as it's native OS and is sold> >> exclusively from Fixstars - formerly TSS. The PowerStation CPU> >> already is a 4 core Cell although the whole package can be modified -> >> read customized - by Fixstars to your needs.> >> > Ok, I guess that's my cue. The PowerStation is not a Cell machine, > > it uses> > IBM's PPC970 CPU (what Apple called the 'G5'). It is very unlikely > > that you> > could get MacOS X to run on it. If you did, it would be a kernel > > hack and it> > would also violate the EULA for MacOS X, which only allows for the > > OS to be> > installed on Apple branded hardware.> >> > The PowerStation is a serious high-performance machine, if you > > really need> > bang for your buck in the Power architecture, it's definitely > > something to> > consider.> >> > As to Warren's concerns with Apple G5 power supplies, I haven't > > had the same> > experience - my G5 hasn't had any serious issues.> >> > As Derick mentioned, the GigaAccel 180 is definitely something you > > might want> > to consider. You can put one in a PowerStation and get the best of > > both/all> > worlds. The PS3 is a nifty way of getting a low cost testing/ > > prototyping> > machine for Cell programming, but it has serious performance > > limitations due> > to HD speed, RAM and bandwidth through the hypervisor.> >> > Cheers,> >> > Chris> > _______________________________________________> > yellowdog-general mailing list> > yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general> > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > > site:terrasoftsolutions.com'> > _______________________________________________> yellowdog-general mailing list> yellowdog-general at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
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