Moving a VAX 6000

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Sat Mar 1 20:50:35 2003

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:

> > I'm not sure that the docs and the machines are in the same hands
> > though (I've not been keeping track).
> Well, I think you know that the person in question is Ragge. Maybe
> someone should ask about VAX6000 support on port-vax. Maybe there is
> somthing going on that I am not aware of.

Ragge has XMI docs? I could use them. I have a VAX6600 and a DS5840 here
that I would like to work NetBSD on.

> > I thought it was VAX 7000 support that was on hold?
> I think there was never any sort of effort of getting NetBSD on the VAX
> 7000 / DEC 7000 due to very undocumented hardware.

Is there any difference between Laserbus and Turbolaser other than clock
rate? The AS8200/8400 are supported under NetBSD. Would it be possible
to leveredge any of that work for 7000 support?

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sat Mar 01 2003 - 20:50:35 GMT

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