1 Mar
2003
1 Mar
'03
12:52 p.m.
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:
Antonio said
that Johnny Billquist has the docs. I think Ragge has the
VAX 6000 hardware and the skills to get NetBSD running on it. The other
question is if Ragge has the time to do this...
Cool. I'll ping Johnny.
I'll ask.
Is there any difference between
Laserbus and Turbolaser other than clock
rate? The AS8200/8400 are supported under NetBSD. Would it be possible
to leveredge any of that work for 7000 support? The DEC 7000 has Laserbus? I
thought it has FutureBus+? Or was that the
DEC 4000?
The VAX/DEC 7000 is definitely Laserbus. I have one of them here. I
don't really feel the need to try two big projects at once, but if someone
has a suggestion as to how I can make the machine available for use to
someone else, I'd be willing.
Peace... Sridhar
Well, I think you know that the person in question is
Ragge. Maybe
someone should ask about VAX6000 support on port-vax. Maybe there is
somthing going on that I am not aware of.
Ragge has XMI docs? I could use
them. I have a VAX6600 and a DS5840 here that I would
like to work NetBSD on.
Just ask Johnny Billquist for a copy? If the docs are
printed versions
and shipping acros the pond is too expensive I am willing to scan the
docs if Johnny can send them to me (Germany). I have a scanner with ADF
that already scaned the KA680 Technical Manual... I thought it
was VAX 7000 support that was on hold?
I think there was never any sort of effort
of getting NetBSD on the VAX
7000 / DEC 7000 due to very undocumented hardware.