18 Mar
2004
18 Mar
'04
3:20 p.m.
Ethan Dicks <dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov> wrote:
I'm actually concentrating more on the 3100, for practical reasons (I have an
MV3100 M20 which I want to migrate from Ultrix to 4.3BSD-Quasijarus, but I
don't have any MV/VS2000).
Cool. I never knew the specifics, just the
consequences.
The VAXstation 2000 and MicroVAX 2000 Technical Manual (EK-VTTAA-TM, online
scan exists) is one of the most detailed technical manuals DEC has produced for
any VAX. A rare treat.
Too bad no similar manual exists for any of the 3100s, so I'm stuck with
blindly copying Ultrix code there.
MS (right in
the process of coding MV/VS 2000 & 3100 support for Quasijarus)
Neat. Hopefully memory won't be an issue. These things (as I'm sure you know
well) don't take much, but neither does a uVAX-II (KA630). Well... it's plenty for the software of the day
Oh yeah, if it's enough for Ultrix it'll surely be enough for 4.3BSD-Quasijarus
since unlike DEC I'm not carrying any Missed'em-five crap. Just 100% pure BSD!
(and plenty for ASCII-based consoles).
Yup, though I also plan to build an X terminal product based on a VS3100,
4.3BSD-Quasijarus kernel, and X11R4 (last version before POSIX invasion).
Basically like VT1300, but based on 100% open source software instead of the
closed-source firmware image you download into VT1300 and VXT. The end goal is
to eradicate all closed-source software.
MS