NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof(tenfourfox.blogspot.com) |
NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini and making the kernel power failure proof(tenfourfox.blogspot.com) |
[1] https://www.talospace.com/2019/03/pitch-into-firefox-jit.htm...
[1] https://wiki.raptorcs.com/wiki/Porting/Chromium
[2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/chrom...
Given that this is a heavily segmented machine, with very different primitive operations than a PDP-11, and also has a word size of eighteen, I don't imagine C would run very well on it at all, if you even wanted to try.
So, there you have it.
I have a PowerBook G4 DVI, iBook G4, B&W G3, GbE G4, Dual G5 here, I want to get rid of them but I like them too much. Yet I can't run them for fun all day long either because the amount of power they eat >:( The problems of a hardware connoisseur.
Is the CPU/watt ratio less than later units? You bet. But it's not bad, it's free, it's not in a landfill, and it's more than enough grunt for the basic tasks it's doing.
The i7 in my desktop uses at least 95w, and some reviews suggest it's more like 140w lol.
Edit: Unless you're pairing them with CRT monitors...
PowerPC is a dead platform, POWER9 is not - but they are not the same!
https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers...
Also, the separation kernels that met NSA's highest standards of security initially targeted that for cross-selling into aerospace market. They buy a good chunk of PPC for some reason. Example that was among first certified with data on what was expected:
https://www.ghs.com/products/safety_critical/integrity-do-17...
I also have a Blackbird, which does streaming video in the home theatre and is also a test system. It's a single-4, but it can take an 8-core part if desired.
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=power9-t...
I kinda don't get it on a personal level, but accept that different people are into different stuff and sometimes people get really attached to specific things, and sometimes those things are computer architectures.