PowerPC Open Platform Motherboards Finally Here

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

PowerPC Open Platform Motherboards Finally Here

Posted by timothy on Monday January 28, 2002 @04:55AM from the hope-laptops-come-next dept.

Cajal writes: "IBM's POP (PowerPC Open Platform) is a standard for making PowerPC-based motherboards. It's been out for years, but no one did anything with it. That's now changed. According to a story on PenguinPPC, Mai Logic is finally making POP motherboards. Finally, we can buy PowerPC motherboards without dealing with Apple."

9 of 248 comments (clear)

Doomed because of the stupid name by Kopretinka · 2002-01-28 05:06 · Score: 1, Funny

I think POP is a stupid name compared to PC:
I just bought myself a new POP!
...he spent the day working at his desktop POP...
My POP crashed again!
etc. Would you buy a POP instead of a PC?8-)

--
Yesterday was the time to do it right. Are we having a REVOLUTION yet?
1. Re:Doomed because of the stupid name by k_187 · 2002-01-28 05:19 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  well, lets think about this for a second. What does PC stand for?
  
  Personal Computer.
  
  Hmm, so wouldn't a motherboard for a personal computer also be a PC?
  
  By jove, I think I'm right :P The Anal Retentive part of me goes into convulsions every time I see PC vs. Mac. But then I give it chocolate and it quiets down.
  
  POP is more akin to x86 than PC (or Mac for that matter)
  
  I need a life.
  
  --
  11 was a racehorse
  12 was 12
  1111 Race
  12112
Nice board typo... by Tower · 2002-01-28 05:10 · Score: 2, Funny

I like the "Ultra DAM 100" ports... oops :)

--
"It's tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head."
Teron PX Board supports PPC, MIPS, and X86 by paladino · 2002-01-28 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny

I think it would be great to have one motherboard that supported processors from multiple vendors. Mai's web site says that the Teron PX board will support PPC, MIPS, and X86 processors.

Brings a whole new meaning to "Dual Boot".

You could develop in X86 Linux, shutdown swap processors, reboot in PPC Linux recompile and test.
WOW! by iforgotmyfirstlogon · 2002-01-28 06:19 · Score: 2, Funny

Now I can get out my NT 3.51 disks again!

- Freed

--
"Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." -Turkish Proverb
Really Ugly Solder Job. by groebke · 2002-01-28 06:46 · Score: 4, Funny

Check out that ugly power regulator in the upper left corner. Even if this is a demo board, a cleaner job should have been done with the prototype's part selection, mounting and soldering. This must be a joke, as that thing does not even have a heat sink on it. I think I will pass, and get one of those nifty new 1GHz dually's Apple now has.

--
Gerald Roebke
Re:Why in God's name would anyone want a Mac? by Genady · 2002-01-28 07:49 · Score: 3, Funny

You'll be working with stuff that's had to evolve in a much more Darwinian environment

Am I the only one who finds this troll ironic? After all Darwin's native development environment is Apple supplied PPC systems.

--

What if it is just turtles all the way down?
Re:What ever happened to CHRP? by BeeShoo · 2002-01-28 07:57 · Score: 2, Funny

What ever happened to CHRP?

I think Eric Estrada started asking for too much money and the ratings were slipping, so they cancelled it.

... no ... wait... Never mind...
Re:Are you sure about illegality? by TheAJofOZ · 2002-01-28 14:36 · Score: 3, Funny

This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-Labeled computer at a time.
So *that's* why they include a couple of Apple stickers with every new computer..... Stick them on the side of your clone and you can run OS X all you like...
Disclaimer: Yes, this is a joke... but an interesting concept none-the-less.