20 Mar
2020
20 Mar
'20
2:28 p.m.
Hi Maciej!
Long time no see!
On Fri, 2020-03-20 17:36:25 +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki <macro at linux-mips.org>
wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2020, Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctalk
wrote:
I'm still here to help. :)
<3
Linux
and/or NetBSD/vax would be a good choice, though, to implement the
VAX's system calls and execute it's binaries. Though there were more
concerted efforts to do this years ago, but I don't know what became of
them. Google shows a smattering of efforts littered with broken links. :(
There was a vax-linux port started by others, and I cared for it for a
good number of years. My life changed a lot since then, I quite failed
(and failed hard!) to bring up the needed time to care for Linux, care
for GCC and Binutils, GNU libc and all those programs silently
expecting IEEE floating point support. I expect to get at least one of my VAXen online RSN
(a 4000/60, with
TURBOchannel). As in a couple of weeks' time (if only not that damn COVID
thing!). It boots our ancient VAX/Linux port with an NFS-root over a PMAD
interface. Other machines may follow.
Actually, I'm searching (more active than ever) for a proper location
to put all of my hardware to. I already have shelves, controllable
power plugs, and just today an EPROM reader/writer arrived. Though I'm
unsure (to use fair language) when there'll be a really up-to-date
working Linux port. But maybe at some time, there'll be one!
MfG, JBG
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