Thanks for all the help.
After stumbling around we found the very helpful thread [ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566093/how-do-i-identify-what-branches-exist-in-cvs ]
and recently managed to get around to doing:
# cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs%anoncvs.netbsd.org@localhost:/cvsroot login
# cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs%anoncvs.netbsd.org@localhost:/cvsroot rlog -h -l -b pkgsrc
The results were:
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FREEBSD: 1.1.1
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total revisions: 88
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(Stefan Schaeckeler's version was much more friendly to our MUA!)
With regard to the question:
> I don't understand why. You may want to use recent supported NetBSD and
> provide feedback on how it does or doesn't work well with your old
> system.
The NetBSD/i386 5.0.2 GENERIC (we believe) kernel seemed to cause the 486 to halt when booted from floppy disk. In contrast the NetBSD/i386 1.5.3 GENERIC (again we believe) booted successfully. Although we could have attempted to compile a GENERIC_TINY kernel for NetBSD/i386 5.0.2, we preferred to use a release whose GENERIC kernel would run happily on our hardware.
The reason we were also looking for corresponding older packages rather than using pkgsrc-2010Q2 packages is expressed succinctly by Thomas Mueller in a later response on Saturday 14th August 2010 [ http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2010/08/14/msg012582.html ]:
"I wonder if you could use a current pkgsrc and build the packages against the old libraries. But two limiting factors are shortage of RAM and probably disk space."
In lieu of having to do:
# cd /usr/pkgsrc
# sh mk/bulk/build
[ http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/bulk.html ]
to obtain the corresponding old binaries again we'll probably revert back to Slackware 7.0 distribution. Although it would still be interesting to know whether there actually is a public archive of old pkgsrc binaries lurking somewhere on the Internet.
Once again thanks for all the help.
Kind Regards,