Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:02:27 -0700 | From | Charles Marslett <> | Subject | Re: Linux and RS/6000 250 |
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Sven.Riedel@tu-clausthal.de wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:40:38PM +0100, Dominik Kubla wrote: > > Add a 350 from me. But the problem is not just the PPC/MCA combination, > > but also the CPU. It's Power, not PowerPC! > > Really? The IBM website says the following: > > <quote> > The IBM* RS/6000 Model 250 is flexible and powerful, and performs well > as either a graphics workstation or a server. Driven by a 66MHz PowerPC > 601* microprocessor,[...] > </quote> > > As can be seen at > http://www1.ibmlink.ibm.com/cgi-bin/master?request=salesmanual&parms=SMS&xh=GYqgx1sg9i2Geo1USenGnN9332&xhi=usa.main%7Csalesmanual%5E&type=D&search=rs%2F6000+250&title=T&product= > > Marketing strikes again, eh? :/ > > Regs, > Sven > -- > Sven Riedel sr@gimp.org > Osteroeder Str. 6 / App. 13 sven.riedel@tu-clausthal.de > 38678 Clausthal "Call me bored, but don't call me boring." > - Larry Wall
Perhaps I should go back and dig out my docs, but I'm lazy -- IIRC, the 601 was a hybrid chip -- it had most but not all of the basic PPC instruction set, and it still had all the instructions in the Power instruction set that disappeared in later PPCs.
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