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Subject: Re: [9fans] hardware port
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I'ld say the mips/carrera port is the easiest to understand.
The magnum one used to be but its not on this release.

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Subject: [9fans] hardware port
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I'm wondering which hardware port of Plan 9 was the most straight-forward,
or if there is no such concept?  Is there any particular architecture
that is recommended for simplicity or elegance?  I gather that it isn't
the i386 PC.

Jim
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