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Date: Thu,  5 Oct 2000 19:58:41 -0400
From: anothy@cosym.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Pointers for using Plan 9?
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//	4. Pointers to SPARC and NeXT installation instructions

unfortunatly, there are currently no NeXT or SPARC kernel ports
for 3rd ed. Plan 9. your options are pc, alphapc (the AXP systems,
i think), carrere (a discontinued mips pc-like box), and a PowerPC
system alternatly called "brick" of "viaduct" (don't think it's
available outside the labs). which leads nicely to...

//	3. Recommendations for an upper level project using Plan 9

yeah: do a port. it's been done by non-Labs folks for 2nd ed.,
and could be replicated. a good way to learn about the internal
design of the system, and helpful to the larger community. and if
you've got to read kernel source, Plan 9's the only kernel to
read. it helps to learn on something that actually makes sense.

various people reading this list may know where to find some of
the above-mentioned ports (as they did them). several of the
papers in /sys/doc should be required reading for any class
dealing with Plan 9 (and probably for anybody dealing with it).

just my 2¢
-α.