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to: Adam
from: Robert Comer
date: 2005-03-15 08:55:22
subject: Re: Xandros Wins the Golden Kneepads at ZD

From: "Robert Comer" 

OS400 doesn't run on a normal PPC chip, you'd need to write the MI and
hardware microcode for the new hardware, and that's a bit above most
people's capabilities.

If you rewrite the MI and the underlying microcode, you can run OS400 on any chip...

- Bob Comer


"Adam"  wrote in message
news:42360b00$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> John Oellrich wrote:
>> Adam,
>>  That is a solution without a need. In the whole the only real reason to
>> purchase overpriced Apple hardware is to get OSX (and I'm not knocking
>> that). But to buy Apple hardware and then throw way the OS? Somebody has
>> to be on drugs!
>
> Over priced Apple h/w is still cheaper than overpriced IBM h/w 
>
> If you're looking to do so OS400 home hacking...
>
> Adam

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