NS32k based system

From: Steven M. Jones <classiccmp_at_crash.com>
Date: Sun Aug 4 15:32:01 2002

> I've got a NatSemi ICM-3216 that I'd like to get an OS for.

Just occurred to me that there might be another answer, though it may not
be what you had in mind...

Bruce Culbertson ported Minix to his own 32016-based design, then to the
PC532. This was before NetBSD, or even 386BSD - heck, Bruce had probably
started the port before the Net 2 release...

I'd thought I'd found a copy at ftp.funet.fi, but it turned out just to
be a SCSI driver and a utility to talk to his ROM. I'm groveling through
old NetBSD/pc532 postings looking for clues, and will likely contact some
of those folks if I don't find anything.

No idea what it might take to port NetBSD to the ICM-3216. But if someone
were to give me one... Well shucks, had to try. ;^)

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Received on Sun Aug 04 2002 - 15:32:01 BST

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