Re: And you thought Apple II users were screwed by Apple...

["Roger Johnstone" <bhmhome@es.co.nz>]

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In article <7qupsg$od1$1@chakotay.ncc74656.org>,
salfter@chakotay.ncc74656.org (Scott Alfter) wrote:

>.......
>(The specs for the G4 might very well be interesting (haven't seen them),
>and I know that Linux has been ported to PowerPC, but where are the
>motherboards?  If the only way to get one is to buy an RS/6000 or a Power
>Mac, there'll be a bunch of people who won't buy 'em.  I'm fairly sure you
>can get Alpha motherboards that go into ATX cases, and of course x86
>motherboards are available for both AT and ATX cases...how about PowerPC?)
>
>  _/_
> / v \
>(IIGS(  Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
> \_^_/  http://people.delphi.com/salfter

Recently IBM released a reference design for a CHRP based PowerPC
motherboard. This is free to any manufacturer who wants to use it (of course
they'll need to buy the CPUs from IBM). The idea is that these can be used
to run Linux or other free operating systems. At least one manufacturer has
already announced plans to use the design.

One article is at:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2322423,00.html

Roger Johnstone