1 Feb
2006
1 Feb
'06
10:13 p.m.
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
I thought those were rebadged RS/6000s, though (that were otherwise bog
standard designs). If not, what's the difference?
Mostly onboard peripherals. And chipset stuff. The machine is
different enough to require a customized OS image.
I admined them for awhile. I now have and still run the
only (I think)
non-IBM
machine to run AIX, the Apple Network Server -- I have a 500 and a 700.
They both run AIX 4.
Nope. There are a bunch of machines made by Groupe Bull that run a
customized AIX. (For the curious, the ANSes are just funky Power Macs,
distant relatives
of the 9500.)
But, the PReP RS/6000's aren't all that different from a Mac. Hell, the
CHRP RS/6000's aren't unrecognizable to a Mac OS hacker.
Peace... Sridhar