intel powered mac

nor thern wrote:

>David Brooks <zmandrake14uyahoo.com> wrote: http://www.eweek.com/
article2/0,1895,1913264,00.asp?kc=ewnws012006dtx1k000059
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> the Macintel needs a software layer to act like a
lawyer for Bios?
> i would think a Bios code replacement would be better
for a linux install.
>  
>

We have that Open Source BIOS on the http://www.genesippc.com
machine 
that we are using for http://www.opnqm.org
development now.

Henry


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Henry Keultjes wrote:

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>
> nor thern wrote:
>
>> David Brooks <zmandrake14uyahoo.com> wrote: 
>> http://www.eweek.com/
article2/0,1895,1913264,00.asp?kc=ewnws012006dtx1k000059
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>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> the Macintel needs a software layer to act like a
lawyer for Bios?
>> i would think a Bios code replacement would be
better for a linux 
>> install.
>>  
>>
>
> We have that Open Source BIOS on the http://www.genesippc.com
machine 
> that we are using for http://www.opnqm.org
development now.
>
> Henry
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If that's the one I was working on, it is a cut-rate
bastardized version 
of uboot.

Mike K.

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MrKnisely wrote:
<>Henry Keultjes wrote:

> nor thern wrote:
>
>> David Brooks <zmandrake14uyahoo.com> wrote: 
>> http://www.eweek.com/
article2/0,1895,1913264,00.asp?kc=ewnws012006dtx1k000059
9   
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> the Macintel needs a software layer to act like a
lawyer for Bios?
>> i would think a Bios code replacement would be
better for a linux 
>> install.  
>
> We have that Open Source BIOS on the http://www.genesippc.com
machine 
> that we are using for http://www.opnqm.org
development now.
>
> Henry
>
If that's the one I was working on, it is a cut-rate
bastardized version 
of uboot.

Mike K.

You are right with your opinion of *that* bastardized 
uboot.  I think 
their laxidasical attitudeand their unwillingness to
disclose their 
changes and additions to uboot is what hastened MaiLogic's
demise.  The 
uboot people were even more frustrated with MaiLogic than I
was.  I had 
to send the system to a guy in Pennsylvania to get it
working.

The system I am talking about was manufactured by Motorola
for 
http://www.genesippc.com
and uses an Open Source BIOS that fully 
conforms with the GPL.  In reality, the Open Source BIOS is
more 
important than an Open Source OS in giving us freedom to do
what we want 
to do with our computer hardware.  It is the first line of
defense 
aginst intrusive control.

BTW, we expect to get our 64-bit IBM 970 based Genesi system
in May.

Henry Keultjes
Mansfield


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