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

[Warren Nagourney]

Thanks for the replies.

As a retired physicist, I have a lot of interest in keeping my hand  
in "physics research" (simple demos and optical design aids on a  
computer) but not a lot of free cash. I believe the GigaAccel is well  
out of my price range, though the PowerStation might not be under  
certain circumstances.  This was my reason for getting the PS3 and I  
am very disappointed in Sony's actions with regard to disabling this  
machine in OtherOS mode. I am glad I was able to take advantage of  
the 2D Xorg acceleration hack on the PS3, though it hobbles some  
other uses since I can't upgrade the firmware (though I detest  
computer games, but there might come a time when the Blueray firmware  
needs updating).

How quietly does the PowerStation run? The fans in an Apple G5 can  
sometimes get fairly loud, though the machines are reasonably quiet.  
I suppose this is on the website, but is the GPU acceleration (2D and  
3D) fully supported on the PowerStation? It is often hard to get PPC  
drivers for many high end graphics cards.

Thanks.

Warren Nagourney

On Dec 8, 2008, at 1:40 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
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