Strange idea in VAX

From: Eric Dittman <dittman_at_dittman.net>
Date: Wed Apr 3 15:56:35 2002

> >But does OpenVMS/vax support USB?
>
> No but since you're doing a PCI driver,
> a USB driver should be a breeze.
>
> Having a Qbus framebuffer and a USB
> keyboard and mouse would be fun :-)
>
> Now that I look I don't see any PCI widgets
> for the VAX 7000/10000 or the DEC 7000/10000.
> So I think PCI and TRUBOchannel are pipe-dreams.
>
> Pity, they would have been the easiest ways to
> get a framebuffer.
>
> Now if you get a TurboLaser (AlphaServer 8200/8400)
> they *do* have PCI expansion available, so you could
> do PCI graphics there. Possibly even multiple
> graphics heads :-)

Yes, and you wouldn't need to write the drivers for the PCI
adapter, either.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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