Big endian success

[Eric S. Raymond]

Frank Nicholas <frank at nicholasfamilycentral.com>:
> On Jan 22, 2017, at 8:38 PM, Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> >>> What CPU in it?  Been a while since Mac's were not Intel.
> >> 
> >> I got an old one with a PowerPC G4.  They aren't hard to find.
> > 
> > Hm...can we get that one, or another G4 Mini, hooked up to the build farm?
> 
> Is this to test endianness? Mac’s have not been big endian (PowerPC) since 2006.

That was my theory, yes. They're still fins=dable - there are G4 Minis on Amazon.

> If this is to test endianness and Hal can’t get his online, I have an old Mac Mini with a big endian PowerPC G4, that I could put online for use in the test farm.  My internet service is “business class” and pretty reliable.  I’m glad to load whatever OS is desired - just let me know.

That would be useful.  I believe the buildbot crew is Jason Azze, Gary Miller,
and John Bell.
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