PowerPC Open Platform Motherboards Finally Here

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."

Doomed because of the stupid name

[Kopretinka]

I think POP is a stupid name compared to PC:

I just bought myself a new POP!

...he spent the day working at his desktop POP...

My POP crashed again!

etc. Would you buy a POP instead of a PC?8-)

Nice board typo...

[Tower]

I like the "Ultra DAM 100" ports... oops :)

Re:Doomed because of the stupid name

[k_187]

well, lets think about this for a second. What does PC stand for?

Personal Computer.

Hmm, so wouldn't a motherboard for a personal computer also be a PC?

By jove, I think I'm right :P The Anal Retentive part of me goes into convulsions every time I see PC vs. Mac. But then I give it chocolate and it quiets down.

POP is more akin to x86 than PC (or Mac for that matter)

I need a life.

Teron PX Board supports PPC, MIPS, and X86

[paladino]

I think it would be great to have one motherboard [mai.com] 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.

WOW!

[iforgotmyfirstlogon]

Now I can get out my NT 3.51 disks again!

- Freed

Really Ugly Solder Job.

[groebke]

Check out that ugly power regulator in the upper left corner. Even if this is a demo board, a cleaner job should have been done with the prototype's part selection, mounting and soldering. This must be a joke, as that thing does not even have a heat sink on it. I think I will pass, and get one of those nifty new 1GHz dually's Apple now has.

Re:Why in God's name would anyone want a Mac?

[Genady]

You'll be working with stuff that's had to evolve in a much more Darwinian environment

Am I the only one who finds this troll ironic? After all Darwin's native development environment is Apple supplied PPC systems.

Re:What ever happened to CHRP?

[BeeShoo]

What ever happened to CHRP?

I think Eric Estrada started asking for too much money and the ratings were slipping, so they cancelled it.

... no ... wait... Never mind...

Re:Are you sure about illegality?

[TheAJofOZ]

This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-Labeled computer at a time.

So *that's* why they include a couple of Apple stickers with every new computer..... Stick them on the side of your clone and you can run OS X all you like...

Disclaimer: Yes, this is a joke... but an interesting concept none-the-less.