Actually, you are correct about FreeBSD.
What I meant was NetBSD.....
- Matt
At 11:32 AM 1/4/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Matthew Sell said:
> >
> > Don't forget that FreeBSD already runs on the VAX, and FreeVMS (in my
> > project concept) would be an extension and implementation of the existing
> > FreeBSD kernel so that it "looks and feels" like VMS.
>
>I thought that FreeBSD only ran on x86 and Alpha? I believe you may be
>thinking of NetBSD rather then FreeBSD here...
>
> >
> > I also wanted this implementation of FreeBSD to use native DEC filesystems
> > and operate classic DEC hardware.
> >
> >
> > - Matt
> >
> >
> >
> > At 10:36 AM 1/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The actual idea was to create or assist with the creation of a
> completely
> > > > "free" (GNU?) implementation of VMS that "looks and feels" just
> like the
> > > > original.
> > > >
> > > > The next step was to port this version of FreeVMS to i386, VAX, and
> AXP.
> > > >
> > > > I've seen a few projects that have started or have stopped that
> attempt to
> > > > achieve similar goals.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - Matt
> > >
> > >The problem is VMS uses 4 separate CPU modes, besides the Unix kernel
> > >and user modes which makes it difficult if not impossible to get
> > >it right on x86.
> > >
> > >Bill
> >
> >
> >
> > Matthew Sell
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>- Dan Wright
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