Anyone have a spare DECstation in europe for a developer?

[Holm Tiffe]

David Brownlee wrote:

> On 31 December 2014 at 12:12, Holm Tiffe <holm at freibergnet.de> wrote:
> > Johnny Billquist wrote:
> >
> >> 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:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>Björn 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. :-)
> >>
> >
> > Yes Johnny, I've realized that, but a few line above the VAXstations are
> > mentioned.
> 
> I think Martin must have heard you reading the email when it arrived :)
> 
> Yesterday he submitted a bug report (with presumably temporary
> workaround) for an NCR5380 DMA issue, which I think affects the
> VAXstation 3100 models... :)
> 
> http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=49517

Oha, there seems some light at the end of the tunnel, hope that's not a
train ....

At least the cause of that ugly behavior is found now.

Regards,

Holm

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