From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Romain Francoise Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Updating the homepage Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:13:24 +0100 Organization: orebokech dot com Message-ID: <87mz2tqhhn.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> References: <87slclvq3l.GNU's_Not_Unix!%yavor@gnu.org> <87r6s5upqm.GNU's_Not_Unix!%yavor@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173013942 16657 80.91.229.12 (4 Mar 2007 13:12:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 13:12:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 04 14:12:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HNqVZ-0005Fk-V3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:12:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HNqVZ-0007gw-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:12:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HNqVO-0007gq-CR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HNqVN-0007gW-1w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HNqVM-0007gT-SN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:12:00 -0500 Original-Received: from yeast.orebokech.com ([82.67.41.165]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HNqVM-0004SC-Go for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:12:00 -0500 Original-Received: from pacem.orebokech.com (pacem.orebokech.com [192.168.1.3]) by yeast.orebokech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19F312D21 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:11:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by pacem.orebokech.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 64AD852A71; Sun, 4 Mar 2007 14:13:24 +0100 (CET) X-Face: }9mYu,e_@+e!`Z-P5kVXa3\_b:hdJ"B)ww[&=b<2=awG:GOIM (Yavor Doganov's message of "Sun\, 04 Mar 2007 15\:01\:37 +0200") X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4 (tstamp-) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:67289 Archived-At: Yavor Doganov writes: > +

> + Here are other machines that GNU Emacs has code to support. These > + machines are old, and in many cases we don't know whether they still > + work. The definitive reference for this is > + the etc/MACHINES file distributed with GNU Emacs, which > + also lists special requirements for these systems if compiling GNU > + Emacs from source. > +

[...] > +
  • Acorn
  • > +
  • Alliant
  • > +
  • Alliant FX/2800
  • [...] > +
  • Ustation E30 (SS5E)
  • > +
  • Vax
  • > +
  • Whitechapel MG1
  • > +
  • Wicat
  • This list of machines is of limited use nowadays -- most people have commodity x86 hardware, and the page mentions that etc/MACHINES is the canonical source anyway. Could we get rid of this while we're at it? -- Romain Francoise | The sea! the sea! the open it's a miracle -- http://orebokech.com/ | sea! The blue, the fresh, the | ever free! --Bryan W. Procter