Anyone have a spare DECstation in europe for a developer? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Jan 2015

OK, may be a bit late to chime in but I didn't have time to go through my
stuff and look it up earlier, so here goes:

A DECstation 5000/200 with PMAG-B Framebuffer is available in southern
Germany. I myself was given that machine several years ago and didn't get
to try it out yet.

Unfortunately I don't have the knowledge and resources available to put 
the machine online so it would have to be physically relocated. I would 
prefer putting it on an indefinite loan but might also be persuaded to 
trade or outright donate to this worthwile cause.

Feel free to contact me if you think it might be of any help.

Yours sincerely,
Arno Kletzander

...
  On 29 December 2014 at 00:31, emanuel stiebler <emu
at e-bbes.com> wrote:
   On
2014-12-28 14:56, David Brownlee wrote:

 Bj?rn Johannesson has been working on the VAX framebuffer and keyboard
 code in NetBSD to get X running on the LCG equipped machines (like the
 VAXstation 4000/VLC and 4000/60).

 He's expressed an interest in looking at some issues in the DECstation
 X11 code, but doesn't have access to an appropriate machine. 
 which DECstation, and which Graphic adapter?
 There where quite a few different ones on the TURBOChannel,
 from the very dumb frame buffer to the 3d ones ...  
 My initial thoughts would be a nice little 3100 or possibly a 2100
 with the simple framebuffer, but obviously the goal would be to
 support whatever is available.

 At least VS3100 M38 and M76 don't work with NetBSD, we realized this approx
 a year before. Martin got a machine from me to investigate further, but I
 think nothing has happened in this reagard since then.

 Regards,

 Holm
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 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:47:55 +0100
 From: Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se>
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 On 2014-12-31 11:40, Holm Tiffe wrote:
  David Brownlee wrote:

  On 29 December 2014 at 00:31, emanuel stiebler
<emu at e-bbes.com> wrote:
  On 2014-12-28 14:56, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> Bj?rn Johannesson has been working on the VAX framebuffer and keyboard
> code in NetBSD to get X running on the LCG equipped machines (like the
> VAXstation 4000/VLC and 4000/60).
>
> He's expressed an interest in looking at some issues in the DECstation
> X11 code, but doesn't have access to an appropriate machine.

 which DECstation, and which Graphic adapter?
 There where quite a few different ones on the TURBOChannel,
 from the very dumb frame buffer to the 3d ones ... 
 My initial thoughts would be a nice little 3100 or possibly a 2100
 with the simple framebuffer, but obviously the goal would be to
 support whatever is available.

 At least VS3100 M38 and M76 don't work with NetBSD, we realized this approx
 a year before. Martin got a machine from me to investigate further, but I
 think nothing has happened in this reagard since then.  
 Uh... Holm... He was talking about a DECstation 2100 or 3100 here... Not 
 a VAXstation. :-)

 	Johnny

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