dave@uunet.UU.NET (Dave Cline) (09/25/89)
CALL FOR VOTES: New Group: comp.sys.m88k
After a successful discussion period (thank all of you for your
comments), it has been decided that enough interest exists to put
comp.sys.m88k to a vote. Accordingly, the voting period will begin
September 25, 1989 and will end October 23, 1989. Votes received
after October 23 will not be counted. The voting procedure is simply
to send a bodiless message to one of the two addresses below.
Please mail yes votes to ...uunet!88opensi!yes.m88k
Please mail no votes to ...uunet!88opensi!no.m88k
For reference, the charter for the new group follows.
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Proposal for New News Group: comp.sys.m88k (unmoderated)
88k is shorthand for the Motorola 88000 family of RISC processors.
Here are some proposed topics (partial list) to be covered by this group:
1) Discussions of 88k standards
a) BCS - 88open Binary Compatibility Standard
b) OCS - 88open Object Compatibility Standard
c) BNS - BCS networking supplement
d) ONS - OCS networking supplement
e) OXA - OCS X windows supplement
f) ICS - 88open Installation compatibility Standard
g) Future forthcoming standards activities (e.g. 88k ABI for V.4, etc.)
2) Discussions of the 88k architecture
a) Programming tricks
b) Support Chips
c) Multiprocessing
d) Futures
3) Discussions of the various 88k hardware implementations
a) Current products
b) Rumors of new products, etc.
4) Discussions of various 88k system software implementations
a) Current products
b) Rumors of new products, etc.
5) Discussions of 88k third party software
a) Current products
b) Rumors of new products, etc.
6) Discussions of the 88k software validation program
a) Vendor validation
b) Application validation
c) Test suites
Other comments to:
Dave Cline uucp: ...uunet!88opensi!dave
88open Software Initiative
2099 Gateway Place, Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95110