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PowerPC Open Platform Motherboards Finally Here

Posted by timothy on 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."

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  1. Teron PX Board supports PPC, MIPS, and X86 by paladino · · 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.