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On the opening of the Power ISA, and the chilling effects of proprietary ISAs

12 pointsby UkiahSmithover 5 years ago

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CyberFonicover 5 years ago
MIPS and RISC-V based working systems are relatively hard to come by for early software porting. However, you can buy second-hand POWER-PC and Apple PowerMac systems cheaply.<p>Will be interesting to see if a market for refurbished PowerPC systems will emerge to cater to software developers.