From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <0d8a3f85b9c0a2c38361985084148716@csplan9.rit.edu> To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:26:40 -0500 From: john@csplan9.rit.edu In-Reply-To: <509071940812181321q60a705a9v74a7ade57e043683@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] How can I boot plan9 on my Compaq AlphaServer DS10L? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 68f41b50-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> i think that would be great, too but i can't think of any >> arm platforms that are competitive. any suggestions? > > it depends in large part what "competitive" means, of course. most of > the ARM stuff i'm aware of is handheld or embedded, where intel > architectures have a really hard time being "competitive" in terms of > heat and space. > > handheld devices are a bit tricky because they have more churn in > parts between models, but there's plenty of interesting ones to pick > from. i like nokia's line, and would love to see a port of Plan 9 (or > Inferno) to the 770 or N800 (there's an even newer one, but i forget > the model off hand and don't own one of those). Maybe http://www.uniconsys.com/index.php/platforms ? John