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Operating Systems and Porting / Re: Haiku
« on: January 28, 2022, 07:48:47 pm »
I'd want to contribute, but don't have any hardware to test on. I have nearly a whole Blackbird except the mainboard and CPU.
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Operating Systems and Porting / Haiku
« on: January 26, 2022, 08:44:39 pm »
Anyone interested? They recently cleaned up their PPC branch, though it's still way behind x86. Personally, I think it would be a great OS for people who are a little less comfortable with command lines, and I enjoy using it too for how simple it is, how fast it is on my Pentium M laptop, and how it doesn't recognize its panel and lets me use it at 85 Hz. Hardware support isn"t amazing, however.
I recognize their PPC efforts are focused around Macintosh, but there was a little bit of talk about OpenPOWER hardware on their forums and the response was basically "the only reason it couldn't be done is nobody's doing it".
I recognize their PPC efforts are focused around Macintosh, but there was a little bit of talk about OpenPOWER hardware on their forums and the response was basically "the only reason it couldn't be done is nobody's doing it".
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Legacy POWER Hardware / Re: Old stuff survey
« on: January 06, 2022, 04:53:44 am »
Unfortunately, I've given all the info I have to give. It'd just feel weird bringing it up randomly, and I don't know what job he has, too, so if the topic of conversation ever swings back to it I might be able to update you all. Just don't like.being randomly pushy about work stuff.
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GPU Compute / Accelerators / Re: GPU options as of December 2021
« on: December 26, 2021, 12:19:08 am »
It seems to me like the best value for little endian is an RX 470 or 570, a used one on eBay goes for rougly $200 to about $250. More than enough power for desktop and video stuff, and still plenty powerful for 3D graphics and the few video games that are currently available for POWER. For just desktop stuff, again without needing BE support, an HD 8490 is like $20 and seems like it should suffice for desktop acceleration and video streaming.
If you're a big-endian die-hard, an HD 6970 is pretty much the cream of the crop according to my digging. An HD 6990 might work but it's only generally competitive with the 6970 (and on par with a 6950 without Crossfire) for a hugely higher power draw. Of course, previous gen cards from that should work too, but I'd definitely say that with how inexpensive the 6970 is (I see them going on the 'Bay for $120 or less), there's really no reason to pick anything else.
If you want to try Nvidia... good luck. The only experience I have with PPC Nvidia is with the iMac G5's FX Go5200 (which, granted, is an already awful video card gimped even further in the name of thermals), and it's a terrible experience, unable to smoothly perform with even a single program on the desktop even with IceWM. IIRC, the 20 series and up (and who knows how many generations prior) is only able to function as a math coprocessor as of late.
I'm looking forward to something based on Libre SOC. Especially if it gives more BE graphics options in the future.
If you're a big-endian die-hard, an HD 6970 is pretty much the cream of the crop according to my digging. An HD 6990 might work but it's only generally competitive with the 6970 (and on par with a 6950 without Crossfire) for a hugely higher power draw. Of course, previous gen cards from that should work too, but I'd definitely say that with how inexpensive the 6970 is (I see them going on the 'Bay for $120 or less), there's really no reason to pick anything else.
If you want to try Nvidia... good luck. The only experience I have with PPC Nvidia is with the iMac G5's FX Go5200 (which, granted, is an already awful video card gimped even further in the name of thermals), and it's a terrible experience, unable to smoothly perform with even a single program on the desktop even with IceWM. IIRC, the 20 series and up (and who knows how many generations prior) is only able to function as a math coprocessor as of late.
I'm looking forward to something based on Libre SOC. Especially if it gives more BE graphics options in the future.
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Legacy POWER Hardware / Re: Old stuff survey
« on: December 26, 2021, 12:03:08 am »Interesting. Do you know the CPU, or even the model number? I know about the Motorola-branded desktops and servers, but didn't know Freescale branded any.Unfortunately, no. I'm not aware of any of the details, besides that they were (there were a handful of them) seeming full ATX or Micro ATX midtower using midtower cases, with optical drives in front.
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Legacy POWER Hardware / Re: Old stuff survey
« on: December 16, 2021, 05:19:04 pm »
Yeah, sticker on the front of the case and all.
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Legacy POWER Hardware / Re: Old stuff survey
« on: December 15, 2021, 02:23:10 pm »
Basically just an Xbox 360 and my childhood Gamecube and Wii. I used to have a PS3 but it got sold off at some point. Would love to get an RS/6000 at some point to play with... or a Thinkpad PS.
Apparently at the offices someone I know works at, they have Freescale-based PowerPC desktops for... something.
Now for the fructiferous power:
2x Power Macintosh (one Sawtooth, one Mystic, both G4s @450), 2x iBook (one G3/900, one G4/1.42), 1x iMac (G5, 1.6GHz).
Apparently at the offices someone I know works at, they have Freescale-based PowerPC desktops for... something.
Now for the fructiferous power:
2x Power Macintosh (one Sawtooth, one Mystic, both G4s @450), 2x iBook (one G3/900, one G4/1.42), 1x iMac (G5, 1.6GHz).
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